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[ 2014 ]

Memory Capsules 

CURATED BY
MATERIALS
TECHNIQUE
Colina Maxwell
Prints, fiber and transparencies
Wrapping, molding and stitching

“Memory Capsules” brings together shadow prints and shallow, bowl-like textile forms made from wrapped and moulded red fiber. Each print is stitched into the form and enclosed beneath a transparent layer with the words, “When you look into the light all you see are shadows.”

The work gives a fleeting shadow a physical place to remain. The red fiber surrounds the image like a fragile container, holding a trace of what is absent. Light, which makes the shadow visible, becomes inseparable from the memory it preserves.

“Memory Capsules” brings together shadow prints and shallow, bowl-like textile forms made from wrapped and moulded red fiber. Each print is stitched into the form and enclosed beneath a transparent layer with the words, “When you look into the light all you see are shadows.”

The work gives a fleeting shadow a physical place to remain. The red fiber surrounds the image like a fragile container, holding a trace of what is absent. Light, which makes the shadow visible, becomes inseparable from the memory it preserves.
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