Memory (W)Holes: Talk by Dr Caroline Molloy | Artist's panel discussion

The Doughnut (W)Hole PavilionWhat shapes our digital worlds more: what's present, or what's missing?Join us for The Doughnut (W)Hole Pavilion, part of The Wrong Biennale's 7th edition – the world's largest celebration of digital art, reaching millions globally and a member of the International Biennial Association.Taking its cue from the paradox at the centre of a doughnut – the presence of an absence – this pavilion brings together 14 international artists exploring how holes shape wholes, how what is missing becomes as meaningful as what is present.Why does absence matter in the age of AI?Machine learning models appear as overwhelming wholes, yet they're built from fragments, gaps, and exclusions. In the words of philosopher Yuk Hui, technology is now the substrate of our social, economic, political, and aesthetic lives. And as such, The Doughnut (W)Hole Pavilion asks: what role does absence play in constructing the digital images, texts, and worlds we increasingly inhabit?The ArtistsExperience works spanning photography, moving image, sound, games, and generative installation by: Maria Ahmed, Kasper Bergholt, Ben Millar Cole, Evangelia Danadaki, Sarah Deane, Sarah-Jane Field, Alan Knox, David Koh, Merve Kurtuluş, Duncan Petrie, Angel Qin, Heidi Reece, Sarah Sweeney, and Min Jung Tsai.London Embassy Weekend: 1–2 November 2025Hapax Living Room hosts an in-person "embassy" featuring:Exhibition openingArtist talksPanel discussions with Dr Jane Boyer ([cloud] collective), Dr Caroline Molloy (School of Creative and Cultural Arts at UCA Farnham), Dr Madeline Yale Preston (British Centre of Photography), and Justin Hunt (Shifting Power, OU; St Mary's University)A commissioned essay by artist and writer Sarah-Jane Field and a publication edited by the artists' cohort will extend the dialogue beyond the exhibition.Curated by Kim Shaw | Co-produced by Sarah-Jane FieldBy attending to holes as much as wholes, The Doughnut (W)Hole Pavilion invites you to encounter absence not as loss, but as a generative force—an opening into other ways of seeing and making.

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Join Dr Caroline Molloy at Empress Place, followed by a panel discussion with pavilion artists Sarah Deane, Alan Knox and Heidi Reece

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Memory(W)Hole: The fallibility of Memory... In this session, Memory (W)Hole: The Fallibility of Memory - Dr Caroline Molloy will introduce a tenet that emerged out of her PhD research that questions what happens to memory in the Age of Digital Photography; when the physical photograph can allegorically be created and recreated. How does this impact personal and collective memories?She will then lead a conversation with pavilion artists Sarah Deane, Alan Knox and Heidi Reece, each of whom have developed work to either open or closed memory holes through digital and AI photographies.Dr Caroline Molloy is the research lead for the School of Creative and Cultural Arts, at UCA Farnham and the MA Photography lead. She holds a PhD in Arts and Humanities, from Birkbeck, University of London, in the Centre for Photographic History and Theory, an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, as well as an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths University of London. Her research interests are focused on memory &amp; belonging, and marginalised voices in both gender and post/decolonial colonial contexts.This event is delivered by The Doughnut (W)Hole Pavilion, part of The Wrong Biennale 7th edition – the world's largest digital art celebration and a member of the International Biennial Association.Taking its cue from the paradox at a doughnut's centre, The Doughnut (W)Hole brings together 14 international artists exploring how absences shape presence in our AI-driven age.Artists: Maria Ahmed, Kasper Bergholt, Ben Millar Cole, Evangelia Danadaki, Sarah Deane, Sarah-Jane Field, Alan Knox, David Koh, Merve Kurtuluş, Duncan Petrie, Angel Qin, Heidi Reece, Sarah Sweeney, Min Jung Tsai.Curated by Kim Shaw | Co-produced by Sarah-Jane FieldLondon Embassy: Hapax Living Room, 1–2 November 2025 Opening, artist talks, and panels with Dr Jane Boyer ([cloud] collective), Dr Caroline Molloy (School of Creative and Cultural Arts at UCA Farnham), Dr Madeline Yale Preston (British Centre of Photography), and delivering funding surgeries, Justin Hunt (Shifting Power, OU; Queen Mary's University).

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