Through my ceramic work and my experience in working with clay in various parts of the world, I l... more Through my ceramic work and my experience in working with clay in various parts of the world, I look at how clay and ceramics have been forms of communication and are means of transmitting memory. I found in clay’s geologic transformations and in the human interventions it underwent, a metaphor to comment on both fragility and permanence of the human condition, as well as on the different perceptions of time and memory. Giving form out of clay is like writing, composing new meaning from a large database, yet it is empowering when you dig your own clay to know that you are the first human to touch it and are free to make anything you want out of it. My aim for the artwork that I produce is to generate a thought process in regards to how memory is transmitted and oftentimes altered, how accurate information is in general.
This thesis supports and comments upon the meaning of Arheologia Memoriei (Romanian for "The... more This thesis supports and comments upon the meaning of Arheologia Memoriei (Romanian for "The Archaeology of Memory"), my Masters of Fine Arts exhibition. Memory is our only link to the past. In a fast-moving society with plenty of distractions, in a world of selfishness and individualism, we have forgotten to remember. The past is our identity, our heritage. My work is an attempt to make my audience link the present to the past through questioning traditional methods of preserving and transforming collective memory. By referencing historic attempts at cultural effacement with political, ideological and religious motivations, I comment upon the importance of preserving memory. The time-based work in the exhibition "The Archaeology of Memory," presented in both real time and as a time-lapse video, addresses different forms of memory loss.
Through my ceramic work and my experience in working with clay in various parts of the world, I l... more Through my ceramic work and my experience in working with clay in various parts of the world, I look at how clay and ceramics have been forms of communication and are means of transmitting memory. I found in clay’s geologic transformations and in the human interventions it underwent, a metaphor to comment on both fragility and permanence of the human condition, as well as on the different perceptions of time and memory. Giving form out of clay is like writing, composing new meaning from a large database, yet it is empowering when you dig your own clay to know that you are the first human to touch it and are free to make anything you want out of it. My aim for the artwork that I produce is to generate a thought process in regards to how memory is transmitted and oftentimes altered, how accurate information is in general.
This thesis supports and comments upon the meaning of Arheologia Memoriei (Romanian for "The... more This thesis supports and comments upon the meaning of Arheologia Memoriei (Romanian for "The Archaeology of Memory"), my Masters of Fine Arts exhibition. Memory is our only link to the past. In a fast-moving society with plenty of distractions, in a world of selfishness and individualism, we have forgotten to remember. The past is our identity, our heritage. My work is an attempt to make my audience link the present to the past through questioning traditional methods of preserving and transforming collective memory. By referencing historic attempts at cultural effacement with political, ideological and religious motivations, I comment upon the importance of preserving memory. The time-based work in the exhibition "The Archaeology of Memory," presented in both real time and as a time-lapse video, addresses different forms of memory loss.
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