Hue – Installation Exhibition “Forest of Memories”

Opening: Sun 03 Apr 2011, 4 pm
Exhibition: 03 – 23 Apr 2011
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue

From New Space Arts Foundation:
New space arts foundation would like to invite you to arts exhibition “Forest of Memories” of Kristine McCarroll with Geoff Levitus.

Project description:
The Forest of Memories is an installation. 15 banners of silk organza, suspended from the ceiling, each 280 x 75cm, acting as a forest of trees amongst which the viewers will be able to meander. 
The artists’ concept of “memories” relates to the memories held by 12 people, whose images will be on 12 of the banners. These memories are evoked by the second/ tattoo/ background layer of each image.
 They intend to reinforce the memory side of the project by incorporating video interviews of old people from Hue in English, French and/or Vietnamese. Geoff will be making the videos in which each person will tell their story with a separate video behind which evokes some aspect of Vietnamese culture or history. They use 3 additional “blank” silk banners to serve as screens for projecting those videos. 
 The interviews can also be shown on a loop on a plasma TV for the duration of the exhibition.