The Pervasive Media Studio is a partnership between Watershed, UWE Bristol and University of Bristol.

Within this Lunchtime Talk, Dr John Troyer explores questions such as; What is the position of the human corpse in monuments and memorials built for the dead? And how does the dead body function as a technology of memory in and around monuments and memorials?

John will also be looking into the term technology of memory, suggesting the production of cultural memory “…through objects, images, and representations,” that is taken from Marita Sturken’s writing about sites such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

This talk builds on these ideas and focuses on the following question: How do we living humans negotiate the politics of memorialisation for the dead? This is an old question but a question with new urgency given the ongoing death toll produced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the individuals now grieving those deaths.



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About the Watershed and the Pervasive Media Studio

Watershed is a three-screen cinema in Bristol UK showing independently produced films from Britain and beyond. We are also a centre for art and creative technology: home to the Pervasive Media Studio, where artists, technologists and academics work on projects and products at the cutting edge of art, science and digital. The Studio is a collaboration between Watershed, The University of West England and Bristol University.

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