ARCHIVE OF MEMORY: A VISUAL JOURNEY RETROSPECTIVE

By Juliana Coles

The antiquated library is a collection of sketchbooks and journals created over a lifetime and provides tangible documentation of an artistic process that is always under the threat of erasure due to epilepsy. The process of living with ongoing brain trauma means linear time is interrupted by the demise of both long and short-term memory. These books, part of an existential retrieval practice that uncovers clues to the artist’s whereabouts in the form of a fragmented paper trail, are containers that reveal stories which should never be forgotten, but that they no longer recollect. With their disability and deterioration, their books are a form of resilience and a legacy they hope to share with others to inspire healing. This hall of records is more than a retrospective, it is an Archive of Memory.