Kaleidoscope Teaser

Senses, especially smell or taste, can trigger powerful and vivid memories—and emotions—of the past, as is often referred to as involuntary memory or the Proust Effect. Should a childhood comfort food prompt nostalgic emotions, what if we could trigger such involuntary memories voluntarily?

In this conceptual piece, I imagined a restaurant that serves food to evoke memories and emotions. A guest chooses a menu, selects the kind of memories to trigger (like, "I'm in the mood for some bitter-sweet memories today"), and gets served with involuntary memory as they eat.

Kaleidoscope is a metaphoric reference to dream-like yet vivid emotional quality of Proustian moments, and naturally lends itself to kaleidoscopic aesthetics throughout the video to set the tone.