Recollections

Organized by Thuong Hoai tran & Maddie May

 

It all started when…

The word Recollection is described as “the action or faculty of remembering something. A thing recollected; a memory.” Our memories make up who we are - they serve as a means for us to recall our lived experiences. Persisting over time, they serve as an emotional impression in our brains; a painful remembrance, a joyful occasion, or perhaps a useless intrusion. We recall our memories when we encounter an object, recognize a scent, or overhear a sound. We rewind and replay this feeling, while working through the distortion of time to preserve and clarify, or forget altogether.

Memories exist as a convergence of images, sites, sounds, and sensations. They take the form of specific objects, familial histories, or monumental moments. How do we explain an impression, a vague feeling, of memories? How do our recollections shape who we are and how can they drive us to seek individual and collective understanding?

 

Theme: Recollections; points of departure could be family heirlooms, domestic spaces, significant objects, handwritten letters, photographs, or anything inspired by the writing above.

All prints in this exchange are 11” x 14” and use a variety of print methods.

 

Exchange Participants:

  1. Stephanie Alaniz

  2. Zoe Brester Pennings

  3. Terry Kolb Davis

  4. Jacob Taylor Gibson

  5. Anthony Tungning Huang

  6. Janhavi Khemka

  7. Florence Lanxuan Liu

  8. Eddy A Lopez

  9. Madison Nicole May

  10. Michael Miller

  11. Kyle Nobles

  12. Nathan Pietrykowski

  13. Hattie Phillips

  14. Eugene Sarmiento

  15. Maya Stern

  16. Barbara Lane Tharas

  17. Thuong Hoai Tran

  18. Dana Wood Zinsser