In Memories, Gio Betancourt explores the poetics of absence through suspended objects and tenebrist atmospheres where time becomes substance rather than sequence. Dislocated elements evoke fragments of lived experience, forming a symbolic archaeology of memory. Light emerges from shadow to reveal what persists beyond the visible.Influenced by symbolism and metaphysical painting, Betancourt constructs contemplative spaces where the ephemeral and the enduring coexist, inviting viewers into an intimate reflection on time, presence, and the invisible.