An extension of my ongoing series An Archive of Rememory, this new work draws inspiration from a traditional form of Japanese packaging known as furoshiki, in which a square of cloth or paper can wrap a gift and protect valuable objects.

Within An Archive of Rememory, I work with photo-intaglio and sculptural papermaking processes. Thus far, I have created hundreds of bundles that appear to contain an assortment of objects and have varying illusions of physical weight. Using photographic images from family albums (my own, as well as others’) I create photo-etchings and print these onto hand-made paper before bundling the forms into furoshiki. Small details of the images are accessible when viewed from different angles, yet the complete photographs can never be fully seen. Stories and memories are packaged and archived, revealing some moments, while concealing others.   

In this new series, Generational Echoes, I work with photographic documentation of selected sculptural works from An Archive of Rememory. I have transformed these sculptural representations of memories into a different kind of recorded experience. These stories and memories can no longer be held, turned around, or unfolded. Only one angle, one view has been preserved. The photographic fragments that can be seen, along with the furoshikis, have now become pieces of historical evidence, markers of previous attempts to archive these stories. The prints themselves have become another generation of story.

This series of prints was printed at Atelje Larsen, Helsingborg, Sweden.