Es Devlin, an artist and set designer from London, has created an immersive installation called “Memory Palace” in Pitzhanger – an English gallery – that explores the human perspective and the relationship we have with the memory. Those who visit the exhibition will be invited to take a path that touches the most important moments of history and that have made significant changes in the human perspective.

Memory Palace is, therefore, a detailed map that materializes memories of key events of the past. The exhibition space is more than 18 meters in size, where large mirrors are used to make the installation reflect on itself. This creates an immersive environment that allows the creation of a unique perspective.

In this historical 3D map, the starting point is the caves in southern Africa that contain the first known human drawings on the stone walls, going on until 1543 and the Frombork tower in Poland, where Coperinco designed the first heliocentric map of the universe and then until 2018 where Sweden is the protagonist of all the movements and protests for the climate promoted by the activist Greta Thunberg. In total, there are seventy-three epochal events present and the path follows a very vast time, of about seventy-three thousand years.

The work encourages ongoing collaboration and visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the landscape and reflect on the ever-evolving nature of human history and our place within it. Located in the former home of one of Britain’s most influential architects, Sir John Soan, the artist has also transformed the library of this remarkable building, filling the space with books that helped expand the installation.