"Places do not exist so much as they occur" (Ingold qtd in Pink 2014, 16).
Kim: “If we remove the parameters around what needs to get passed on . . . if we think about . . . your experience … [and] our relation, then – outside of this little project – how would you want to share it, in the most… creative and soft way? Would you still share all the same things, in the same modes?”
Ella: “No, I probably wouldn't”.
…
Ella: “I like your question about ‘what does this memory mean to me?’”
Kim: “Or, what is the part of it that you’re hoping to pass on?”
Ella: “No, I probably wouldn't”.
…
Ella: “I like your question about ‘what does this memory mean to me?’”
Kim: “Or, what is the part of it that you’re hoping to pass on?”
After Ella first shared this story with Kim, we focused on another project, *SPLASH!*. We found ourselves returning to it weeks later, for our final creative correspondence (for context, see Unfolding).
...a fantasy, a home, filled with memory ghosts...
|
|
|
Our return to this story came in the shape of a dollhouse:
a bit of clay, a bit of glue, and some magical tiny lights...
welcome to this virtual home...
...please explore, dream, and wander its rooms
Living Room
|
|
|
|
Upstairs Bedroom
|
"Mariana moved to BC with her cello,
and I don't live here anymore." "How can I bring her close?"
|
Basement
|
[Viola]
Ella: Can I record you for my sound studies project? Mamá: Sureee, what do you want? Ella: Whatever you’d like, just you practicing Mamá: But I sound horrendous!! Ella: That’s okay! Mamá: Okay… Ella: It’s okay. Mamá: Something that sounds good…I dunno I cannot play anything that sounds good [laughs] Ella: [Laughs] Mamá: Uh, well, this one? Ella: Ya!! Mamá: Okay. Go for it. Ella: Okay. [Viola] Mamá: 1,2,3,4 [Viola] Mamá: [Laughs] [Viola] [Laughs] I got confused, okay. [Viola] Mamá: [Laughs] [Viola] Ahh…I got lost Ella: [Laughs] Thank you Mami! Perfect. Mamá: [Laughs] the lack of tuning…how Rafa always says, I’ve never seen anyone be out of tune with such concentration! Ella: [Laughs] Ohhh… Mamá: [Laughs] It’s okay! I don’t care! Ella: [Laughs] [Viola] |
Kitchen
|
Upper Landing
"It was chaos, but I know my parents miss it now... |
|
Downstairs Landing
|
"I think this is something that I miss -
and perhaps - something I want to bring back to life in a retelling". |
|