Memory Ball: A hands-on memory workshop

Memory Ball is a handcrafted sphere that glows when someone comes near and lights up each time a new memory is added. Visitors contribute a memory in text, image or voice to a shared, browser based archive: no app or account needed, and you can stay anonymous. For this Pakhuis edition, Memory Ball focuses on the city centre around Pakhuis de Zwijger, from the IJ waterfront and the old harbour to Centraal Station, and places visitors’ memories alongside archival footage, photos and sound from Beeld & Geluid (Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision). During the workshop, artists Muskan Jain and Mehmet Berk Bostancı invite you to share a memory, explore how personal and collective memories connect, and create your own memory object to take home. Memory Ball is a collaboration with Beeld & Geluid and part of Designing Technology For All.