Morphing Memory

Researchers have been studying flashbulb memory, clear recollections a person may have of the circumstances associated with an event. Once assumed to be ‘photographic’, they are subject to substantial change, although one might feel confident in their accuracy.

"In December 2019 I took a photograph of a glass vessel from the Wellcome Collection in London. Having lost the single image showing it in its entirety, I merely found close-ups of it and was unfortunately unable to revisit the site. I attempted to reassemble the image of the vessel from memory. Although in possession of all the necessary fragments, I was incapable of accurately depicting the vessel. Instead, I started to generate new forms, new memories. These are two examples of the recreation of the vessel made with liquid ceramics, pigments and transfer. The images seen in the ceramics are transfers from the ink of photocopies. The images themself depicts beetles and their wings, where I subtly altered the anatomy of each beetle morphing it into a phantastic creature. All these transformations over time allow the forms to shift and the narrations to be unintentionally altered."