Chronophobia. Chronophobia is the fear of time passing. Terrifying isn't it? 

MEMORY BEAR by Minna Lee is an interactive installation that renegotiates the movement of time. Using talking stuffed animals to carry a collection of recorded memories, Memory Bear offers a chance for us to physically hold the past while sharing our time with others in the present. The future will no longer be treated as a mystery, but as an old friend who's been waiting for us.

The Memory Bear experience is split into TWO PARTS.

PART I NEOSTALGIA
Guests are invited to participate in new ways of remembering by attending a public workshop led by Minna. Share a sound, memory, poem, or message into a voice recorder then place the recording into a stuffed animal. If you would like to take part in a workshop, click on the Memory Bear illustration to unlock dates and locations.

PART II CHRONOSYNTHESIS (INSTALLATION)
An installation of our time-holding stuffed animals. More info below.

UPCOMING PRESENTATION:

Join us for a showing of Memory Bear presented by LocalProduct in Crown Heights (788 Prospect Pl Brooklyn, NY 11216). The installation will be up from October 3rd through October 5th.

Admission is FREE!

OPEN VISITING HOURS (Minna will be there the entire time):
October 3 5PM - 9 PM
October 4 2PM - 8 PM
October 5 2 PM - 8 PM

Accessibility info: @788prospect is street level and the entrance has no steps, but a slight cement ramp going into the doorway. There is one small restroom in the back. Transcriptions of the recordings will be available for people who'd like to read them during their visit. Every stuffed animal has been sprayed with Clorox Fabric Sanitizer. Masks are required and we'll have some on-site.

If you have any questions please email Lee.minna14@gmail.com

This project was developed in part by The Assembly’s Deceleration Lab

[image description of left photo: A pile of cotton, sewing supplies, stuffed animals, and recording devices sitting on a desk that Minna no longer owns in a house that Minna will never step foot in again.]

[image description: An audience at The Assembly's Harpo Salon listens to a small teddy bear deliver a message from Minna in the past.]

[image description of left photo: The Memory Bear table set up at Prospect Park. A teddy bear wearing a party hat awaits meeting passers-by.]