I tell myself I remember it all
I tell myself I remember it all delves into the unreliability of memory and its impact on our perception of reality. The concept was inspired by a study conducted by Northwestern Medicine, which states that every time a memory is recalled, it undergoes alterations in the brain depending on the individual’s emotional state. The more we recollect a memory, the further it deviates from its original form. To explore this idea, I turned to our family’s personal archives and unearthed a photograph I took at the age of seven of our neighborhood. I then created over a hundred photocopies of the image, each time the information within the image gets tweaked slightly, resulting in a final product that bears little resemblance to the original. The piece is a commentary on the malleability of our recollections and how even the most cherished memories are subject to distortion over time.
I tell myself i remember it all
Photograph from 2001, image transfer on concrete sheets
2023