How do we remember heirlooms that we can no longer find but that had great significance for their former owners? What do these memories say about the subjective value of objects? And how does the memory of others influence our own? All this is the subject of Deceptive (memories). In this work, I went in search of a lost past, trying to retrieve a blocked memory, or at least consciously create a “false” replacement of that memory.
The garnet rings shown above are based on memories of a family heirloom. These memories – visualised here in gold and garnets – emerged in conversations with various people. All the rings are reminiscent of the same heirloom, and yet they are all different.

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The project is part of my doctoral research project at Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (BE), which is funded by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Hasselt University (BOF21DOC04).

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Years: 2022–2023

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