Forming memories anew

What makes each of us unique in our identity is the sum of our past experiences. Assembled pieces of memory build a unique and recognizable identity. What one sees from the other is a single whole, rather than the distinct building blocks. However, with the death of a person, fragments and broken pieces may come to light and be exposed and used by the family as well as by other people. This work is developed following this idea.
A face is formed using juxtaposed fragments of a picture, just like a personal history is also made, formed by small decisions and everyday events. The life story of a dead woman is displayed on three chronologically presented panels. It is a reconstruction made from the pictures this woman collected and kept in a shoe box all her life. The everyday life of this woman is presented as if it were all decisive historical events.
Questions involving the publication of private information emerge, as well as the ethical use of private information after the death of a person, for one’s personals benefit. As opposed to the usual disappearance of personal memories occurring with death, represented here is the phenomenon of misinterpretations and adaptation of alien memories to one’s own needs.