MEMOIRE COLLECTIVE
2005, Crypt of Saint Pancras church, London, U.K
Artists: Guillaume Constantin, Frédérique Decombe, Richard Ducker, Christine Finn
Curators: F. Decombe and R. Ducker
Sponsored by: Arts Council England, London Sponsor: Arts Council England, Id-ology and Gottesman Jones & Partners LLP
The exhibition displays the work of three artists along with an archaeologist, and explores the relationship between personal and collective memories. The venue (a crypt) embodies specific historical qualities: a residue of memory locked in a subterranean unconscious, the storage of bodies, and the architectural language of religion. “Nostalgia for the present” - a phrase coined by Frederic Jameson, implies that the past has collapsed into an ever recycled present. This exhibition, although acknowledging this sense of anxiety, seeks to open up a dialogue with history, in particular through memory. In placing the work in the Crypt of St Pancras church a chain of connections is established with the building itself becoming integral to this project.
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