Imprints & Breadcrumbs

Imprints & Breadcrumbs explores the physical in relation to memory. The material form of a memory can help us remember, regulate or maybe even forget. Remembrance catalyzed by these objects can be sought out but can also befall upon you. These monuments that capture a memory in physical form, can be intentionally forged or come to exist out of controlled or intended fabrication. Is it always in vain to try to materialize a memory? Does the fleeting and perishable nature of the past mean that such efforts inevitably fall short, resulting only in a memorial to the memory rather than capturing the memory itself?

The memories that are caught in physical form become crumbs left in time. While some will remain, others get consumed or lost from our collective memory. The corporeality of a memory holds the potential to exist outside of time and can act as evidence that echoes in nonlinear patterns. The past, present and future are brought together: stories from the past come to be represented in the present and become the stories of today, while we prepare for a future that might already be here.  

These embodiments can be held, lost and found again through their physical presence, something we might also recognize in our relationship to the memory itself. In the exhibition, the artists explore the possibilities the tangible holds in becoming a catalyst or vessel. By looking at architectural forms, elements found in the landscape and crafted objects, Nicolas Daubanes, Marie Farrington and Just Quist examine the immortality or impermanence of memories through its embodiment of a physical form.