TWENTYSIX: (M)emory

Since 2024, a series of themed screenings titled Twentysix has been taking place at various venues, with each screening dedicated to one of the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet. Every letter marks the beginning of a thematic focus. The seventh screening of the series uses the term (M)emory to examine the extent to which the perception of film is shaped by the influences of memory and immediate experience. In audiovisual formats, it becomes apparent how time breaks, returns, and repeats in a loop. Even though we know today that an image is not identical to the person or object depicted, we continue to use photographic, cinematic or digital images to capture memories. They act as a fragile defence against forgetting and preserve moments from disappearing into the past.

Whilst a photograph shows an isolated, frozen moment, memory in film is created through plot, movement and chronological order. When we watch a film, we always see only individual sequences one after the other. To understand the film as a whole, we must connect these individual fragments in our memory. With smartphones and social media, the function of the moving image is shifting: images are increasingly created in real time, making memory something public and permanently accessible.

Programme details to be announced soon.

The screening will be accompanied by a publication featuring texts by Inga Charlotte Thiele and Steve Reinke, which will be available at the event. 

Presented by Robert Bergmann and Julian Ernst