“Memory is always a memory of memory” writes Halbwachs and I agree completely. We never have a clear image of the event that has passed. We remember the most recent memories of it that are always changing. And as Lepage says “What really counts is how we transform events through the distorting lens of memory”.

Each moment that leaves is memory and then it becomes memory of memory. All these layers are living inside us, creating a palimpsest of images (images of people and spaces). The last two weeks I experimented with projecting on different materials, semitransparent, that allow the projection pass through them.

The video I made is a ruined space. It is a memory of the space, where there is a desire for escape.



Test [1] – projector behind the plastic screen – body like a shadow:



Test [2] – three different materials that are breaking the image because of the different distances from the projector – we see the body and different shadows



Test [3] – the body is hiding behind the screen and when a light turns on appears like a shadow



Test [4] – two materials (screens) and a lighting bulb turning on and off (this can play according to a narrative)



Test [5] – four different materials seen from another perspective (supposing that the audience is the viewer) – the body is moving between