How I not forget (and forget) 忘れる過程
2022
(DE) Für ihre erste Einzelausstellung “How I not forget (and forget)” verwendete sie einfache Alltagstextilien. Dabei besteht immer eine inhaltliche Korrespondenz zwischen Material und Text, wie zum Beispiel eine Deklinationstabelle der deutschen Artikel auf einer Badematte, ein internationaler Impfpass auf einer FFP2-Maske oder Bürokratie-Stempel auf Sitzkissen. In dieser Ausstellung setzt sie sich ganz konkret mit ihrer Identität als Ausländerin in Kassel auseinander.
In 2020, I began making things again with an embroidery set that I happened to receive as a birthday present from my first friend in Germany. At that time, a needle and thread were affordable for me and easy to work with. I cut up a shopping bag I had at home and started embroidering the motifs I saw on my desk. That was the beginning of this series.
Since then, I’ve been thinking about what I am actually doing, why I embroider, and what I choose to embroider.
I copy my reality with my own hands.
By “reality,” I mean the issues, problems, worries, documents, and ideas I confront in my daily life.
I forget many things. But I want to remember as much as I can. These works are both the method and the process through which I try not to forget and to forget lovingly and respectfully.
-Artist Statement-