Morgan Moscinski and I exhibited a collection of our print, motion, book, and textile work in the student gallery at BU from February 15-20, 2021. Our statement is below.
Fragments visualizes our lived and dreamed experiences that are preserved only in the past and our minds. Through the act of recollection, dreams and memories evolve over time, and details may either fade or come to the forefront. This process breaks the experience into fragments, splintering it into tiny pieces of color, fleeting images and sensations.
Our work overlaps at the process of translation. Translating memory begins with a clear image, and finding a way to illustrate how this image changes with recollection. There is a strong relationship between the location and company of a memory, and entering this space is crucial to understanding the experience. Dreams, on the other hand, begin with something that is already faded. We drift unconsciously through a dream, grasping onto bits of imagery and dialog that we bring back with us to consciousness. The challenge here lies in describing something that didn’t actually happen while searching for a description of an alternate reality.
Through this body of work, we reflect on how we store, remember, and articulate our memories. Motion graphics, textile design and printmaking allowed us to get in touch with our most precious memories, and provided them a space to exist in the physical world rather than only in our minds. Though these representations may not be accurate to the original experiences, they reflect the adaptation and evolution that the memories and dreams have gone through. The imagery that we chose to represent certain memories and dreams is informed by the emotions attached to that experience, and these emotions change over time.
We invite the viewer to remember and reflect on their own experiences. By having these conversations, once forgotten memories and dreams can resurface and provide a new perspective on current experiences. This space provides a contemplative and safe atmosphere where all of our experiences can exist together-whether lived or dreamed.
