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Chris Marker's Immemory CD-Rom: A Cinematic Mnemosyne

publication · 2026-04-23

Chris Marker, a writer, essayist, photographer, and filmmaker, released his last film *Level Five* in March 1997 as a cinematic essay blending lived moments with video games and television. His latest creation, *Immemory*, is a CD-Rom with video output and an autobiographical novelistic project, pushing further the experiment of *Zapping Zone*. The work is a mnemosyne divided into zones of islands, archipelagos, and deserts, positioning the user as the subject of a laboratory for the future or survival.

Key facts

  • Chris Marker is a writer, essayist, photographer, and filmmaker.
  • His last film, Level Five, was released in March 1997.
  • Level Five is a cinematic essay composed of lived moments with video games and television.
  • Marker created four television programs.
  • Immemory is a CD-Rom with video output and an autobiographical novelistic project.
  • Immemory extends the experiment of Zapping Zone.
  • The work is a mnemosyne divided into zones of islands, archipelagos, and deserts.
  • The work deeply involves the user as a laboratory for the future or survival.

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Artists

  • Chris Marker

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