The Exhibition of Treasures - Larmer Tree Festival 2016
This installation is an extension of my 'Possessions' project, viewable here.
At the festival, I gave people their own small canvas and invited them to write or draw about their most prized possession.
These possessions are things which cannot be upgraded or replaced, and do not include people or pets.
Throughout the festival the exhibition grew. The treasured objects people chose to share often revealed much about their keepers, alongside highlighting many questions about our nature as humans.
The objects people are most attached to often seem to encapsulate a memory - of a person, time, place or emotion. With the world developing as it is, it is becoming easier to preserve more and more of our lives. Has this changed our relationship with the act of forgetting? Are we afraid to forget? Is it less acceptable to forget now than it would have been at another time?
At the festival, I gave people their own small canvas and invited them to write or draw about their most prized possession.
These possessions are things which cannot be upgraded or replaced, and do not include people or pets.
Throughout the festival the exhibition grew. The treasured objects people chose to share often revealed much about their keepers, alongside highlighting many questions about our nature as humans.
The objects people are most attached to often seem to encapsulate a memory - of a person, time, place or emotion. With the world developing as it is, it is becoming easier to preserve more and more of our lives. Has this changed our relationship with the act of forgetting? Are we afraid to forget? Is it less acceptable to forget now than it would have been at another time?