Some memories aren’t recalled, they’re reimagined.
In Memory in Motion, painter and filmmaker Viviane Silvera invites us into her studio—and into the science behind how memory, trauma, and healing intertwine. Inspired by her earlier film See Memory, this short features intimate conversations with leading neuroscientists and therapists, including Dr. Daniela Schiller (Mount Sinai), Dr. Robert Elvove (Columbia), Dr. Paul Browde, and Cheryl Dolinger Brown, LCSW.
Together, they explore how traumatic memories are stored differently—often trapped in the brain as if they are still unfolding—and how transformation begins when we can witness those memories without being overtaken by them.
Through hand-painted imagery, a haunting original score by David John Williamson (Mumford & Sons), and behind-the-scenes footage by Emmy-nominated cinematographer Jonathan Bogarín, Memory in Motion offers both scientific insight and emotional resonance—a visual meditation on how we might reimagine memory itself, and grow beyond it.
