Reconstructing Recollection

Abstract

Reconstructing Recollection is a series of tangible, sculptural representations of my recollections, highlighting the discrepancies between what I believe I remember and what I actually remember. Architectural frameworks of vivid experiences from my youth are reconstructed from memory, with the specificity and clarity of each recollection determining the size, opacity, and material choice of each object. In this cathartic process, the act of making became that of remembering. I had assumed my treasured memories of home and significant events were clear and unchanging, but during the process of constructing physical manifestations of memory I became acutely aware of the lack of definition and clarity of my recollections. A series of fragmented but recognizable domestic spaces, (a house, kitchen cabinets, a stoop) imply that there is part of each piece, or memory, missing. An audience to these works is able to recognize and consider what is absent, reconsidering the accuracy or scope of their own recollections as well.