Its all about me
Memories are never exact replicas of external reality, incoming sensory information is not received passively. In this sense all memories are created rather than simply received. So its not all about me, its all about nerve impulses.
Delivering an illustrated talk around the distortion of our experiences, Rutherford questions the opinion that we all hold unique memories. Looking at the value people place on the authority of personal experience she examines artists use of personal testimony and autobiography. She will be sharing material from her collaborations with Stirling Universitys Memory Lab and the students of GSA & RSAMD.
Rutherford has been awarded an Arts & Humanities Research Board Fellowship working with Glasgow School of Art, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama and New Moves International.