Recorda-me da Despedida
2024
Fisga Estúdio
By Graciosa do Minho
150 x 300 x 0.1 m
cotton fabric, varnish, barley
This project reflects on a family history marked by memory loss — something that often accompanies old age and leaves a lasting impact across generations. In response to these lost memories, and in collaboration with my family (my grandmother), I seek to understand my own motivation. Am I trying to make the farewell easier, or am I trying to avoid it altogether?
Through this exploration, I arrive at the realization that while I try to resist forgetting, I ultimately become a prisoner of it. Hence the choice of title, which highlights that both farewell and forgetting are limiting aspects of our human existence — and therefore, inevitable.
By drawing on the properties of the chosen materials, such as absorption and transparency, and incorporating written language, I aim to engage the viewer and invite reflection on these themes.
"Desconheço-a. (I do not know her.)
Pequena e de tranças (Small and with braids)
Que minha bisavó trançou, (Braided by my great-grandmother)
Casou e de 'límpida' virou mãe, (She married and from 'clear' became a mother)
Mãe da minha mãe que me fez filha. (Mother to my mother, who made me daughter)
Sou filha e Alice (I am daughter and Alice)
Em memórias d'outra mulher. (In the memories of another woman)
Crescer foi só a realização (Growing up was merely the realization)
De que quem sou pode um dia (That who I am may one day)
Desaparecer." (Disappear.)