Cached Memory is a new artwork inspired by the daily reality of negotiating screen time, devices, social media, gaming culture, and digital childhood - from the perspective of a mother and artist.

The series explores how algorithm-driven platforms affect adolescents’ behaviour and neurological development.

Using dismantled computer components, neuroscience imagery, nostalgic cultural references, and thousands of hand-placed fragments, the work reflects the tension between connection and compulsion in the digital age.

Each ring in the artwork is a repeating icon representing a neurological study or research discussing the impact of screens on adolescents. Visually, the artwork combines:

• Thousands of hand-placed electronic components used as metaphors for neurological systems

• Brain scans, neuroscience studies, and references to books like The Anxious Generation

• Fragments tied to social media, gaming, online anonymity, addiction loops, and depression

• Nostalgic references to pre-screen childhood, including books, Saturday morning cartoons, physical play, shared cultural moments, and tactile media

Created by mother and artist, Lesley Luce, a Toronto-based mixed media artist.