Matias Bonanata

Music itself is an emotional medium, but our experiences and associations that we gather throughout our lives can transform the same music into something uniquely special. Be it a song from our childhood, a heartbreak, or a journey of self-exploration, these can all instantly flood in emotions and memories from a very specific point in time. 

My work throughout these couple of months explored this particular relationship with music, and more specifically how it can form connectedness between people by encapsulating a specific memory and serve as a catalyst in storytelling.

The final product was part service, part product; a device that the user would use over time to collect these memories, all in a way that made sense to that particular person. I wanted it to be incredibly personalized, where the experience of choosing the material, creating the device , receiving it, and using it throughout their lives would be something that in of itself would be a treasured experience.

In the end, as memories are gathered into this personalized machine, the individual can choose whether it be a completely personal experience, or something they might want to share with someone they hold dear in their lives.