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PUBLIC ART – THE END – LINES OF MEMORIES 5 – NY USA 2017

RE IMAGINING TIME – INVERTED EXCAVATION  AT ALFRED SQUARE NY USA -FOR RE-TELLING OF HISTORY


THE END – FINAL CHAPTER

In the final chapter of Lines of Memories, the past and future collide through the quiet depths
of the earth, where time itself is bent and shaped by the hand of art. I arrived in Alfred,
New York, invited into a bubble of time, where my hands were guided by clay and soil, carving
out the stories of a place through the inverse excavation. Here, I dug a hole in the heart of the
town’s square, burying ceramic treasures meant to remain hidden until the future unearths them.
A silent offering to the earth that has allowed me to weave my own fleeting history into its eternal
layers.

BACK TO EARTH

As I placed these works beneath the ground, I felt a profound sense of gratitude.
The earth, with all its layers, its mystery, and its depth, welcomed my presence, and in turn,
I returned its gift. Each ceramic piece, placed with intention, will someday be rediscovered
reinterpreted, re-imagined. The stories I have left behind will be told once again, in a time far
beyond this moment.
This final act, this burial of memory, marks the end of my journey in Alfred but ensures that the
lines of connection remain, waiting to be found, waiting to breathe new life into the landscape.

TIME AS A HARMONIOUS WHOLE

Like the dance of body, music, and scenery, my time here was a harmonious whole, silent,
but filled with meaning. Now, it is the earth that will continue the story, holding my work and
the memories of a place in its embrace, awaiting the future to speak.
Through this quiet, profound act, the lines of memory stretch across time, forever inviting
new histories to be told.

ALFRED, CERAMIC ART MUSEUM,  NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF CERAMIC ARTS, NY, USA
PHOTOS ANJA ,

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"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery. 1

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 2

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 3     "The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 4

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 5

 "The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 6

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 7

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 8

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 9

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 10     

"The End"—Fragment 5, an inverted archaeological excavation at Alfred Square, burying ceramics for future rediscovery 11 

FROM THE CATALOG 

The silent space has no coolness or sense of breadth of outlook. It is like a dance
where body, music, and scenery form a harmonious whole. Suddenly, the work
“silent” sounds empty because it has absolutely nothing to do with emptiness, but
rather with “ladenness” if such a work even exists? In reality, it is so meaningful that
it is even a space, which I sometimes, in the midst of a busy day filled with errands,
dreads that I will not be able to locate and enter because this is where I most strongly
feel alive. This is where I am replenished, where I catch up to myself, where everything
around me becomes whole and alive and where I might be a compounded part of a
wholeness. This wholeness, which is what I am doing, my body and movements and
surroundings, materials and answers. (Hansen, 2012)

LINES OF MEMORIES –RE-IMAGING TIME

 

BACKGROUND

It was a project in its origin based on local history, topology, archaeology and architecture presented at the opening as a guided tour containing 5 fragments:.
Fragment 1;  “Landscape a video presented at Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, NY, USA
Fragment 2; “Lines” Permanent outdoor concrete earth installation
Fragment 3; “Memory” wood-ceramic Installation at the “Island” New York State College of Ceramic art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
Fragment 4; “Time” ceramic Installation at the “Flexroom” New York State College of Ceramic art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
Fragment 5; “The End” out-door earth-ceramic Installation.

A fragment is defined as;
a part broken off or detached from
A fragment; an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part
A fragment; an odd piece, bit, or scrap.

In my work I reflect on the nature of time and the narrative telling of local history mixed with my own personal interpretation hereof.
I am curious about how memories, founding’s and fragments or artifacts can be parts of a constructed narration of a history, a nations history, a village history and my own personal history.
I am an artist my intention is not to be an historian nor an archaeologist.

The fragments were presented as 5 installations  at Alfred ceramic Art Museum. NY, USA, New York State College of Ceramic Art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University and outside in public place in front of Alfred ceramic Art Museum.