Artist’s Statement

We wear our memories, using them to navigate our actions in everyday life. Some we try cling onto, others we want to scrub off. Whilst I am reminiscent and nostalgic, I am almost itchy with discomfort as I realise their power over me. This is mirrored, through the video-reflection of the memory archive. Thus, I recontextualise the Christian rite of Baptism to baptise my memories. The gown I created embossed with my memories is shaped as a hospital gown as I am ‘reborn’ into a new sense of innocence. Through the creation of this, I attempt to challenge the definitions of ‘sculpture.’ As wearable, soluble sculpture, it falls off with time, transforming it into a post-object artwork. Further, I made the work multi-faceted as I installed it to be projected through water.