The work addresses the question of identity formation in relation to a personal narrative. In philosophy the theory of narrative identity suggests that the integrated story of life experiences has a shaping effect on oneself; therefore a defective or broken perception of one’s life story can fragment their sense of self.
With the duality of physical objects and the picture projected onto them, I would like to reflect on the idea translated from narratology, that the narrative is born from a sequence of actions or events and the personal perception or memory of the events. The different pieces that make up the installation are partly personally important objects that hold meaningful memories, partly found objects. Blending the virtual with the tangible and the important with the meaningless anticipates confusion and uncertainty that accompany the disintegration of the personal narrative.
The installation pictures a state of mind in which the consciousness fights to have a hold on the narrative that’s breaking into pieces and slipping away.
