Memory is fluid, intangible—a fleeting sensation, a feeling of pain or pleasure, a recollection that drifts in and out of consciousness. A souvenir, by contrast, is fixed, material—a token that anchors memory in physical form. Memory Lane is an exploration of these dualities: the immaterial and the material, the ephemeral and the enduring, the remembered and the forgotten. Through this project, memory is traced not as a static entity but as a dynamic force—constantly shifting, transforming, leaving imprints both seen and unseen. Like footprints on a path, our personal and collective histories manifest in traces, whether in objects, landscapes, or the mind itself. Some memories fade, others solidify into keepsakes; some remain in whispers, while others persist in the need to be preserved. By navigating this intersection between memory and souvenir, all four artists invite us to consider: What do we hold onto? What do we let slip away? And how do these traces, both immaterial and materialized, shape our understanding of time, place, and identity?

Eladio Aguilera (Seville, 1995) is described as an artist, researcher, and curator whose work focuses on creating immersive and physical environments. His exhibition pieces explore the transformation of found objects, especially when abandoned items and forgotten times are turned into fountains, creating invisible, surreal phenomena. His work combines aesthetics and humor with melancholic, romantic undertones, evoking intoxication and surrealism. He often uses metaphors in his work, such as water references to memory and time, and the home as a site of identity and memory, with the hand as a “souvenir.”

Nora Aurrekoetxea graduated from the University of the Basque Country and holds an MA in Sculpture at RCA London. She also studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Her work combines material and formal processes with text and performance, often addressing themes like absence, domestic architecture, and the body. She has collaborated with Laura Ruiz and co-founded OKELA, an artist-run space in Bilbao. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is part of collections like Museo Guggenheim Bilbao and Hauser & Wirth Menorca.

Antonia Freisburger works and resides in Düsseldorf, Germany. She graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2018 as a master student of Prof. Andreas Schulze. Her work involves shapes and colors that are created physically to evoke a monistic idea of the inside and the outside. Her art explores themes of otherworldly cosmos, the limits of human perception, and the endless inner worlds of living beings, incorporating atoms, molecules, and elementary particles. Her creations reflect memories, pleasures, and pains.

Sofía Salazar Rosales (born 1999, Quito, Ecuador) is a visual artist living between Paris and Amsterdam. She holds degrees from ENSBA Paris and ENSBA Lyon and is currently in residence at De Ateliers, Amsterdam. Her art focuses on sculptures that resemble everyday objects and take on anthropomorphic qualities. These sculptures reflect fragmented identities shaped by global and local influences, memory, and language. Her work engages with artisanal and industrial processes, transatlantic migrations, and disruptions of displacement. It aims to reveal layers of political, historical, and emotional significance, where violence and affection intertwine.