SHOW TITLE: THE HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN, OF WHICH I OFTEN DREAM EMPHASIS: DESIGN ALEXIS.C.AQUILINA@GMAIL.COM AQUILINASTUDIO@GMAIL.COM By dissecting and painting over a previous body of work, I am examining memories of grief or trauma in order to process them anew. As I layer and weave new and old elements together I focus on specific memories, imbuing the newly added material with related emotional associ- ations. The responses and sensibilities of my past and present self integrate on the surface of each piece, reflecting the impermanence of memory and how it can change with each retrieval. Remembering is not always a clear or l inear process and can often funct ion to undermine, accentuate, and occasional ly manufacture
new details of a memory. Sometimes these recollections and alterations are caustic, and sometimes they offer protection. This practice has not put my difficult memories to rest, but rather created space and provoca- tion for new perspectives and old questions that still need answers.
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