How can we visualise forgetting? How can the frustration of the inaccessibility of memories be visualised? The objects of this group are an exploration of precisely these questions. Based on the aesthetics of collections and archives, the glass cylinders show five pieces of jewellery (symbolic for objects as carriers of memories), embedded in the fog of oblivion, shortly before sinking into disappearance. Some of the jewels still seem quite clear. Others can only be guessed at. Many have disappeared completely.
The idea behind this work was that the viewers should feel the same frustration that they usually feel when they fail to remember. One knows that something is there but cannot access it, just like with the cylinders: one can see that there is something inside but can often only recognise it dimly.
All the pieces embedded in the cylinders are based on existing jewellery that I acquired at flea markets in Belgium and the US. The foam glass cylinders were created during a 14-day artist residency at S12 in Bergen, Norway.

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The project is part of my PhD 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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Year: 2024