I present this final post and diptych as an ode to the husband and wife of Archive 1.0019. Witness features two monochromatic photographs that focus on the fragile nature of memory. After engaging so closely with Archive 1.0019, I became obsessed with highlighting the universal condition of the vulnerability of memory. I occupied my practice […]
Author: Monique Prinsloo
Immersed in Archive 1.0019 – Monique Prinsloo
The role of time and its imminent disintegration, the loss of information, and the loss of memory itself becomes prominent when one considers an object from an archive, and my point of departure for the Saudade project was strongly influenced by this idea. Considering the fact that I could not in any way authentically experience […]
Shifting Degrees of Certainty – Monique Prinsloo
The nature of an archive is weighted with shifting degrees of certainty. It is an image of an occurrence. Accounts of an event that was deemed important to record. And that historical background; those personal words penned onto paper; that moment captured on film, will continuously be in movement and will carry on to advance […]