Veiled Memories, 2022
Participatory Installation
Photographic Emulsion, Water, Glass Vials, Light Table, Stools
25” x 64” x 74”

Thinking about reconsolidation of memory and retrieval-induced distortion, Veiled Memories (2022) is an exploration of the preservation and fragility of memories as they live as their own entities. Like memories, the images in the vials are constantly subject to change and reinterpretation depending on numerous variables including mood, past experiences, fragments that are revealed, and their environment. Visitors are encouraged to hold and manipulate the vials occupying the light table designed for a child’s height. The preserved images’ lives will come to an end just as ours do and our memories fade: the photographic emulsion will disintegrate over the course of six months, rendering each vial’s contents a past memory.