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As a child, Maisie Cousins’ grandfather used to take her to her favourite theme park, Blobbyland. In the 1990s, this now-closed UK theme park was based on the fictional world of Mr Blobby, the famous character of a successful British family TV show. Having lost the video archives documenting those moments spent with her grandfather, Cousins reactivates her memories with the help of artificial intelligence. She recounts her visits to the park through software that generates a hundred images. These surreal visions depict grotesque characters at a seaside fair. Walking Back To Happiness questions the way artificial intelligence interprets memories. As the bar of the Biennale Images Vevey, the installation awakens a certain nostalgia for the past in relation to new ways of creating memories.
Exhibition layout and design by Images Vevey and the artist
