My senior thesis explores nostalgia in the digital age and its relationship to grief, memory, and personal growth. As technology has evolved, the internet and our devices have become a vast archive where past moments remain permanently accessible. While this preservation offers comfort, it also creates tension between remembering what was lost and moving forward. The work questions how constant access to digital memories can interrupt the process of letting go, encouraging fixation on the past rather than engagement with the present.

The installation features multiple vintage televisions displaying looping video compilations. Inspired by artists like Rosa Menkman, the visuals incorporate analog glitches and artifacts. Outdated screens, combined with heavily edited home videos and childhood imagery, create a sense of temporal dissonance. These fragmented loops reflect how memory functions online: nonlinear, repetitive, and emotionally charged. By immersing viewers in an environment that mimics the past, the work invites reflection on why we revisit memory and whether constant access deepens or delays our ability to process grief and change.