At the end of 2014, Google+ sent a gift to its users: a video titled “Year in Photos”, which told the story of their past year in images. The video began with the pictures that each user archived on Google photos and it was generated by an automated monitoring software that selected the best images, defined a narrative sequence and provided an edit synced with the music.
Algorithmic Memories proposes an analysis that compares videos belonging to the users that shared them on Youtube, making them slide from a private view and use to a possible collective analysis. This allows us to identify similarities and recurring themes in the narrative process of oneself managed by algorithms, regarding both the images selection and the story construction.
