In the Hugh Lane Gallery, I copied down the following quote from outside the Willie Doherty exhibit Ancient Ground:
...The complexities of PLACE, IDENTITY, and MEMORY (my capitals) are present in both image and text in the work. The destabilizing shifts between NOW and THEN, the real and the imagined, and the visible and the invisible insist that what has been EXPERIENCED cannot be forgotten and cannot DISAPPEAR.This seems to be at the heart of what I am seeking to portray in what I am doing - that the 'relic' is almost like material evidence of what was experienced, and holds the event in both time and space, preventing it from disappearing.
Nevertheless, the essence of the 'memory' is held by the narrator - without narration, the memory can disappear even if the event persists in the history of the location.
And today, wasting time on the internet, I found this gem from Einstein:
The important thing is not to stop questioning; never lose a holy curiosity.
Surely the best gift for an artist
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