Memoir
2023
W: 144", H: 80", D: 42"
Acrylic, gifted objects, pothos, water, warm white LEDs
Memoir is a highly autobiographical sculptural collage that maps out connections made to people and places throughout my life. Gifted objects are the physical reminders of connections that I can move with me; the acrylic containers and panels represent the things I can't (a lake, favorite trail, the front door window of a former apartment). The pothos vines represent how social connections are shared across time and space; one clipping can grow into a plant whose clippings are further gifted, creating a social network reflected in the propagation of the plants. The plants must be watered and continually cared for, just as relationships across distance and time must be. Wires connect all elements to a potted plant, rooted in the present.