PRESS RELEASE

If memories are what shape the past, and the past determines our memories, then we are faced with a paradox: for this would mean that memories both create our past and are, in turn, effects of the past. But the past constantly changes: What seemed terrifying may no longer be remembered that way, while what was perceived as pleasant may not appear so today.

Thus the past is not made up of events that return to us intact, but of shifting shapes and values. Such paradoxes play a central roll in Carina Gosselé’s current project, ‘Meeting Grounds’.

Combining video, sculpture, paintings, sound, a “tunnel” and sand, ‘Meeting Grounds’ focuses on the possibility of rearranging and abstracting memories, stripping them of their seemingly fixed status. Gosselé asked several people to contribute associations, in both word and image, which intersect with her own work, challenging the prominence of particular associations. Another component is the incorporation of certain earlier, unfinished and loosely developed works that have been re-worked and transformed into new ones. Such “time-lapsed” pieces, ineluctably drawn into this project, further the strategy of manipulating and shedding new light on the past.