Memories from the Department of Amnesia is a deeply personal reflection upon the loss of a parent — specifically, Tanaka's mother. Memory is at the core of this poignant work, in which Tanaka transforms the autobiographical into the universal. Stages of mourning — evasion, fear, grief, denial and remembrance — are rendered as a series of evocative visual metaphors. Transfigured through Tanaka's characteristically lush image processing, haunting images are complemented with a collage of photographs, voiceover and text, which together recount a personal history of her mother's life.