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Memento Moru

Overview​

Memento Moru is an experimental art project that explores the boundaries of emotional manipulation, attachment, and perception through a series of curated digital "creatures" or artifacts. Conceived by founders Moru Momo Tomuri and Morumi Maguro Otomi, the project aims to challenge participants' understanding of emotional ownership and psychological boundaries.

Concept​

The project is designed as a provocative digital experience that blends elements of innocence and decay, cuteness and sinister undertones. Each "moru" is crafted as a digital object intended to create a sense of unsettling attachment, posing the fundamental question: "Do you truly own your feelings, or have they been placed there for you to find?"

Key Characteristics​

  • Aesthetic: A disturbing juxtaposition of cute imagery with elements of decay
  • Psychological Approach: Explores themes of:
    • Emotional manipulation
    • Attachment
    • Memory
    • Psychological boundaries

Artistic Intent​

The project seeks to create a "portal to a darker space" where seemingly innocent digital artifacts serve as a mechanism to probe deeply rooted human fears, desires, and memories. It challenges participants to question the origins and authenticity of their emotional experiences.

Experimental Elements​

  • Carefully designed digital "creatures"
  • Cryptic messaging
  • Observation of participant psychological responses
  • Exploration of emotional susceptibility

Philosophical Question​

Memento Moru fundamentally asks: How deep can emotional attachment go before it feels externally manipulated?

Artistic Manifesto​

"Your feelings aren't yours and yours alone" - a core statement that encapsulates the project's exploratory nature of emotional ownership and psychological boundaries.

Note: Memento Moru is an experimental art project designed to provoke and challenge perceptions of emotional experience.