A Universal Archive stages narrative connected to history, memory, separation and vulnerability. It is a visual and audio exploration of a close relationship one can have with people and places despite being separated from them physically due to different circumstances. Those circumstances could range from short-term travels, a permanent move to even wars or a loved one’s death.
The work employs a range of media and is constructed from found objects and sounds collected in different countries and at different times. In 2013, while visiting passages in Paris, I came across a collection of love letters and postcards from as early as 1908 and WWII period. What they all had in common was a message of hope, encouragement and a desire to be remembered.