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ALICE ANDERSON BEGAN WORKING WITH WIRE IN 2011 AFTER SHE DISMANTLED AN ALARM CLOCK TO FIND A BOBBIN OF COPPER EMBEDDED INSIDE ITS MACHINERY. THAT YEAR, SHE DEVELOPED HER OWN WEAVING TECHNIQUE USING A COPPER COLOURED WIRE, AN ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIAL WHICH SYMBOLISES COPPER, BY REPRESENTING NEURONAL CONNECTIONS AND THE DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE INTERNET DEBUT. THROUGH THE ACT OF « MEMORISING », ANDERSON FUSES MEMORY, MOVEMENT AND OBJECT. SHE TALKS ABOUT ‘MEMORISATIONS’ (NOT WRAPPING) TO DESCRIBE THE GESTURE OF ENCIRCLING AN OBJECT WITH WIRE.

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ALICE ANDERSON BEGAN WORKING WITH WIRE IN 2011 AFTER SHE DISMANTLED AN ALARM CLOCK TO FIND A BOBBIN OF COPPER EMBEDDED INSIDE ITS MACHINERY. THAT YEAR, SHE DEVELOPED HER OWN WEAVING TECHNIQUE USING A COPPER COLOURED WIRE, AN ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIAL WHICH SYMBOLISES COPPER, BY REPRESENTING NEURONAL CONNECTIONS AND THE DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE INTERNET DEBUT. THROUGH THE ACT OF « MEMORISING », ANDERSON FUSES MEMORY, MOVEMENT AND OBJECT. SHE TALKS ABOUT ‘MEMORISATIONS’ (NOT WRAPPING) TO DESCRIBE THE GESTURE OF ENCIRCLING AN OBJECT WITH WIRE.
Anderson dancing with a laptop, 2022
Anderson dancing with a laptop, 2022
« LAPTOP, WIRELESS MOUSE » laptop and mouse memorised with eco-friendly wire, 11.5 x 5.8 cm and 32.5 x 22.7 cm, 2011
« LAPTOP, WIRELESS MOUSE » laptop and mouse memorised with eco-friendly wire, 11.5 x 5.8 cm and 32.5 x 22.7 cm, 2011
« FASTER », Google copper bobbin for undersea cables, 2011.
« FASTER », Google copper bobbin for undersea cables, 2011.
Memory Resistor : Memristor retains memory without power. It regulates the flow of electrical current in a circuit and remembers the amount of charge that has previously flowed through it.
Memory Resistor : Memristor retains memory without power. It regulates the flow of electrical current in a circuit and remembers the amount of charge that has previously flowed through it.
« 181 KILOMETRE WALK » ‘biosphere’ memorised with eco-friendly wire, cira 200 cm, 2013
« 181 KILOMETRE WALK » ‘biosphere’ memorised with eco-friendly wire, cira 200 cm, 2013
« BOUND » wooden bobbin and cables memorised with eco-friendly wire, 400 cm, 2013
« BOUND » wooden bobbin and cables memorised with eco-friendly wire, 400 cm, 2013
Infographic map from the The Guardian showing the underwater cables that connect the world, 2012
Infographic map from the The Guardian showing the underwater cables that connect the world, 2012
« INTERNET CABLES » internet cables gathered and collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2012
« INTERNET CABLES » internet cables gathered and collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2012
« INTERNET CABLES » internet cables gathered and collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire by Alice Anderson, Michele Baron, Katia Beltrame, Laura Berdusco, Kimbal Bumstead, Jonathan Caruana, Ester Escolano, Laura Glaser, Sebastian Hau-Walker, Leanna Moran, Alex Laurin von der Osten-Sacken, Ramsden, Fabrizio Rigutti, Stella Serpente, 2012
« INTERNET CABLES » internet cables gathered and collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire by Alice Anderson, Michele Baron, Katia Beltrame, Laura Berdusco, Kimbal Bumstead, Jonathan Caruana, Ester Escolano, Laura Glaser, Sebastian Hau-Walker, Leanna Moran, Alex Laurin von der Osten-Sacken, Ramsden, Fabrizio Rigutti, Stella Serpente, 2012
« POWER CABLES » power cables gathered and memorised in eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2014
« POWER CABLES » power cables gathered and memorised in eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2014
Anderson memorising an electronic keyboard, 2012
Anderson memorising an electronic keyboard, 2012
« TURNTABLE » turntable memorised with eco-friendly wire, 15 cm x 28 cm, 2012
« TURNTABLE » turntable memorised with eco-friendly wire, 15 cm x 28 cm, 2012
« LADDERS » 5 ladders memorised with eco-friendly wire, 300 x 30 cm, 2014
« LADDERS » 5 ladders memorised with eco-friendly wire, 300 x 30 cm, 2014
« ALBUMS » 30 albums brought up by the public, memorised with eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2012
« ALBUMS » 30 albums brought up by the public, memorised with eco-friendly wire, varying dimensions, 2012
Alice Anderson, Chalie Chalosri, Alfonso Costilla Gamaza, Marta De Frutos, Virginie Herbert, Marcela Iriarte, Josue Lozano, Daniela Piedrahita, Laurin von der Osten-Sacken, Sophie Wiltshire during the process of memorisation in the studio, 2012
Alice Anderson, Chalie Chalosri, Alfonso Costilla Gamaza, Marta De Frutos, Virginie Herbert, Marcela Iriarte, Josue Lozano, Daniela Piedrahita, Laurin von der Osten-Sacken, Sophie Wiltshire during the process of memorisation in the studio, 2012
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« FORD MUSTANG 1968 » daily participative public performances of memorisation over a 4 month period, 2014
« CANOE » canoe collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire by Alice Anderson, Marie Armbruster, Zoe Authier, Damien Berger, Faustine Berger, Jocelyne Berger, Françoise Berney, Roland Berney, Dominique Bonnel, Yolande Chaleil, Nathalie Chatelain, Dany Chauvin, Lauriane Chevallier, Annaick Choquet, Gaelle Choquet, Laurette Conio, Violaine Dautremont, Remy Doucet, Jacky Desarmenien, Christiane Fayolle, Eva Ferlat, Corinne Gambi, Yvette Gauthier, Apolline Gerbet, Marie Gerbet, Gilles Girod, Anne Gresard, Françoise Guerin, Yves Guerin, Cathy Herault, Marcela Iriarte, Brigitte Joncourt, Bernadette Lacroix, Françoise Lechenault, Ben Magrin, Isabelle Magrin, Claude Mignon, Genevieve Nicod, Alice Parrod, Clara Pellegrini, Didier Pellegrini, Therese Petithuguenin, Christophe Podico, Irene Poix-Daude, Brigitte Renaud, Clarisse Renaud, Joseph Renaud, Madeleine Renaud, Valerie Renaud, Edith Rigoulot, Sophie Robbe, Catherine Sauvonnet, Monique Viennet, 5.50 m x 90 cm x 60 cm, 2013
« CANOE » canoe collectively memorised with eco-friendly wire by Alice Anderson, Marie Armbruster, Zoe Authier, Damien Berger, Faustine Berger, Jocelyne Berger, Françoise Berney, Roland Berney, Dominique Bonnel, Yolande Chaleil, Nathalie Chatelain, Dany Chauvin, Lauriane Chevallier, Annaick Choquet, Gaelle Choquet, Laurette Conio, Violaine Dautremont, Remy Doucet, Jacky Desarmenien, Christiane Fayolle, Eva Ferlat, Corinne Gambi, Yvette Gauthier, Apolline Gerbet, Marie Gerbet, Gilles Girod, Anne Gresard, Françoise Guerin, Yves Guerin, Cathy Herault, Marcela Iriarte, Brigitte Joncourt, Bernadette Lacroix, Françoise Lechenault, Ben Magrin, Isabelle Magrin, Claude Mignon, Genevieve Nicod, Alice Parrod, Clara Pellegrini, Didier Pellegrini, Therese Petithuguenin, Christophe Podico, Irene Poix-Daude, Brigitte Renaud, Clarisse Renaud, Joseph Renaud, Madeleine Renaud, Valerie Renaud, Edith Rigoulot, Sophie Robbe, Catherine Sauvonnet, Monique Viennet, 5.50 m x 90 cm x 60 cm, 2013