KITTENITA
INSTALLATION: HypoAmnesia (2012)
Clothing has a general tendency to occupy space, whether in a closet, a hanging rack, a container or a suitcase. The size of the space may vary, but what many clothing have in common is their need for a place for storage and protection. Within that space of clothing, they can be seen as artifacts of memory. Often a piece of clothing will trigger a memory of a person, a place, a history. Sometimes within those spaces, there are places for secrets and sometimes, a place to hide away.
However, in constant physical and mental displacement and loss, objects lose their meaning and their memory. Without attachment, we at times must rely upon others (‘a mirror of our identity’ Milan Kundera) to provide the information we seek. But the information we get is not always clear, and often collective memory is not without bias, traces of lies and signs of truth.
OBJECTIVE : To create an installation integrating the ‘Found Objects’ and ‘Text as Image’ projects. To create a space enveloped in transparency, inviting the viewer to get closer. To create a series of obscured text and images, using semi-opaque plastic and paper. Understanding the notions of what and why we put things into picture frames, and what, if any importance is gained in being put into a frame.
“The memory becomes a system of gathered information like an archive, an exterior one.” ‘Signs of Memory, Traces of Oblivion’ Simona Mitriou, Elena Adam.
Once images and documentation are put in a picture frame, they take on a different meaning and importance: our daily living space is inundated with images of achievements, beauty, travels, loved ones, curiosities etc. But what do we keep with us, put up in a frame and why? And do they show us more, or less of the truth? “Nobody wants to take a photo of something they want to forget...” Sy Parrish, 'One Hour Photo' Dir. Mark Romanek, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002.
OBJECTIVE : To create an installation integrating the ‘Found Objects’ and ‘Text as Image’ projects. To create a space enveloped in transparency, inviting the viewer to get closer. To create a series of obscured text and images, using semi-opaque plastic and paper. Understanding the notions of what and why we put things into picture frames, and what, if any importance is gained in being put into a frame.
Presented at LASALLE College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. BA (Hons) Level 1, Project 7.
“Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.” - Taryn Simon, “The Stories Behind the Bloodlines” (TEDSalon London Fall 2011, filmed Nov 2011, posted Apr 2012)