Author: Victoria De Rohan Chabot

This last project was an attempt to create a system that could bring memories back to life, short moments of joy shared with relatives that had been recorded but remained frozen in my gallery. I wish to pursue this experiment on dusting off archives.

From the Reading list:  “You must set about it more slowly, almost stupidly. Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless.”  In this chapter, George Perec forces us to observe the street down to the smallest detail. He presents observation as a real effort that…

On the 16th of January, I attended Cai’s workshop on radical quilting. I learned a lot about the roots of this practice.I was struck by the work of Faith Ringold who used quilting as a weapon to address social causes such as race, gender and class. Ringgold, F. (1991-1997) “Sunflower: Quilting bees at Arlet”, The…