Memory Master #68 is part of the installation 'Memory Master Tree Installation 2021' consisting of six works printed on thin silk from the analogue photo series Memory Master. This poetic series represents the memory of places you might have been. Mostly the memory is not clear with precise detail. It can act as an afterimage, vague sometimes veiled with tatters... The mysterious impressionist images evoke an atmosphere of vanishing memories.
The 'Memory Master Tree Installation' comprises a selection of photos concentrating on trees. Details of the trees are barely perceptible, yet each tree expresses its own nature. This installation plays with the idea that the memories may be captured by the trees as witnesses of what passes. The photos are printed on large delicate silk fabrics. The fluttering works are moved by fans, emphasizing the fragile, ephemeral and painterly character of the works.
Since 1988, Jacquie Maria Wessels has been making these Memory Masters with an analog 35mm camera. Especially from special places during her many travels around the world, but also closer to home, although the geographical context of the scenes remains indefinite.. The works in the installation were made in Nikko Japan 2018, Sicily Italy 2012, Rotterdam Netherlands 2012, Capri Italy 2016, and Cape Town South Africa 2019.
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