Brynn Dizack

“…a person’s identity…extends to that portion of his or her past he or she can remember. The self is constructed from the recollection of personal experiences and, therefore, is to be defined in terms of memory...”

While it cannot be argued that the reception and retention of information based on direct experience is necessary to growth and maturity, there is considerable danger to placing such importance in human memory. Because the human mind is not a reliable source of absolute truthful recollection, it is possible for memories of experiences to become misconstrued or altered entirely. This is especially true in instances of traumatic experience, where the subject endures considerable sexual, emotional, or physical trauma.

My work is an attempt to organize and represent the ethereal nature of human memory and its effect not only on the people who experienced the events, but also the effect of these specific experiences in the lives of people in close proximity to the survivor: friends, lovers, etc. The work is representative of the multiple layers and vagueness of human memory and identity, specifically queer identity. The pieces are not intended to be viewed as individual objects, but each object is capable of standing alone as a single strand of memory, or collections fragments of conversation or experience, or archives of trauma. Each carries its own weight, both in the materials used and the visual intentions.

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