Part of the “Signal & Response” series In Reactive Memory, the second work in André Jamal Walker’s Signal & Response series, memory is not static—it pulses, flares, and spills. Bold streaks of electric teal cascade over a backdrop of crimson, violet, and burnt umber, evoking a moment of emotional overload. These painterly drips mirror the spontaneous, involuntary ways memory returns—unfiltered, disruptive, and visceral.
Part of the “Signal & Response” series In Reactive Memory, the second work in André Jamal Walker’s Signal & Response series, memory is not static—it pulses, flares, and spills. Bold streaks of electric teal cascade over a backdrop of crimson, violet, and burnt umber, evoking a moment of emotional overload. These painterly drips mirror the spontaneous, involuntary ways memory returns—unfiltered, disruptive, and visceral.
Part of the “Signal & Response” series In Reactive Memory, the second work in André Jamal Walker’s Signal & Response series, memory is not static—it pulses, flares, and spills. Bold streaks of electric teal cascade over a backdrop of crimson, violet, and burnt umber, evoking a moment of emotional overload. These painterly drips mirror the spontaneous, involuntary ways memory returns—unfiltered, disruptive, and visceral.
Where Molecular Gossip explores the micro-level of connection and coded communication, Reactive Memory captures the aftermath: a raw, visual echo of internal response. The layers suggest a psychological terrain—dreamlike yet jarring—where previous conversations re-emerge as color and motion, distorted and amplified by feeling.
Completed in 2024, this 36 x 36-inch canvas furthers Walker’s inquiry into how human connection leaves its imprint—not just as narrative, but as sensation. Reactive Memory is a study in emotional reverberation, a visualized imprint of what the body remembers before the mind does.
In this companion to Molecular Gossip, Walker explores how emotion lingers after connection. Reactive Memory channels the sensory aftermath—raw, layered, and electric. Teal drips cut through a storm of crimson and violet, evoking memory not as narrative, but as an involuntary surge of feeling.
