Michael James

Memothy is a speculative technology memory based project intended to augment empathy between different people with different backgrounds. It is set in 10 years time, in a scenario where sousveillance has become a powerful tool as part of the social media culture. 2 people are paired with a set of goggles and necklace, so they can learn from each other seeing each other's life. This new environment compromises the life of the people involved in the project and their immediate surrounding.

The Forget Booth is a tool that will be used in the future to aid in the forgetting of embarrassing, humiliating, or degrading memories. It will be integrated into society, such as in parks, and will require people to divulge the moment to another individual in return for the moment being destroyed digitally on all platforms and sources permanently.

speculating on the slippages and blindspots inherent in cognitive and technological representations of wellbeing and who should have access