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On Silence, Repression and Memory
Memory, on both individual and collective levels, is not merely a record of the past; it is also a site of power, oppression, and resistance. Remembering is a practice—as much as forgetting is. Silence and repression are the most invisible yet most effective tools of this practice.
This study approaches memory not as an archive, but as a field of tension. What is repressed permeates not only language but also form. This approach, which seeks to trace what is not made visible, does not reveal a memory itself, but rather the burden that has accumulated within it.
2025, Wheel throwing and hand building, Stoneware and porcelain, 1240°, 23 x 48 cm
