“What memories do we choose to carry with us? What do we choose to suppress? And how do we navigate the absences we leave behind?”
Maaria Wirkalla (1904-1977), "REMEMBER LIDICE/MEMORY BOARD", 2015, burned wood, glass, photograph, book page, metal, various sizes, acquisition: gift through René Block donation no.3 (2017), Inv. no. 537/2016. Photograph: Martin Homola
Astrid Klein & Maaria Wirkkala
Weaving Memory invites the public to reflect on the fragility of our ability to remember. We tend to think of memory as slippery and fragmented, a continuous act of reshaping, retelling, and half-forgetting. The exhibition explores the intricate nature of remembrance and the silences and gaps that emerge when it inevitably falters in the face of profound loss through Wirkkala's Memory Board and Klein's Omitted.
Weaving Memory is a culmination of the Solidarity Knows No Borders Residency Programme. Italian Chiara Gargiuli, Turkish Sinem Cerrah, German Anna Blahaut and Slovak Dominika Jarečná are the four participants of the pilot residency programme for emerging curators and workers at the Lidice Art Collection.
The residency project Solidarity Knows No Borders Residency Programme has been selected under conditions by Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institut. This work is produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
installation views of the “Weaving Memory” exhibition. Photos: Lukáš Havlena
