The ‘Memento’ series builds on the artist’s fascination for the mediatized representation of events that shift public consciousness. How do events like these write themselves into collective memory and wherein lies the common imagination for the future? The ‘Memento’ series combines existing commercial offset printing techniques (used for brochures, magazines and newspapers), collaborations with local newspapers and insightful analysis of contemporary mediatization processes. With a deceitfully skillful intervention Van der Auwera reveals a sharp analysis of the automatized system of newsgathering, its processing and the inscription of all this in the cultural memento.