Echoes of Memory

Artistic Concept

Memory is not simply a reconstruction of the past, but an experience that continues to unfold within the body.​​

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I often feel that memory does not exist solely in the mind.

Sometimes, it feels more like a physical habit.

We might curl inward without knowing why, pause unexpectedly when encountering a familiar scent, or relive something long finished in our dreams. I began to wonder whether memories ever truly leave us, or whether they simply find different ways of existing.

When creating Echoes of Memory, I was drawn to the pillow as an ordinary, deeply personal object. It is soft, light and associated with rest and security. Yet when pillows accumulate, fall through the air or surround the body, that familiar softness begins to feel strangely oppressive.

I find this contradiction compelling.

I wanted to explore an unstable relationship between the dancer and these objects. At times, the body reaches for them, as though trying to preserve something that is disappearing. At others, it pushes them away with urgency, as though breathing freely depends on escaping what has been left behind.

The movement is not always graceful. It may stop abruptly, lose balance or become awkward and resistant. I wanted to preserve these moments of uncertainty because they feel closer to my own experience of remembering.

Towards the end, the body returns to the softness of the pillows.

I do not see this as reconciliation, nor do I believe that we necessarily overcome everything that has happened to us.

For me, the delay of memory exists because some emotions take longer than the events themselves to fully reach us.