When I Was Five
PAF (Performing Arts Forum), St Erme, France
March 2024
Video Installation (Single Channel); 9.23 minutes
Opening-Performers: Nada Gambier and Kito

The project is based on my childhood memories, aged five, with an approach to reconstructing past experiences through perception and imagination. By looking at the scientific narrative of the delayed-choice double-slit experiment in quantum physics as a narrative point, the project explored how our act of observing memories can influence and reshape our understanding of both the past and the future, highlighting their non-linear interplay. It suggests that perception, when intertwined with imagination, transcends the linear progression of time, creating a fluid and multidimensional experience in reconstructing memories. The project explored a reflection on how memory is shaped by what we observe, how we imagine it, and the embodied loops between internal cognition and external environments.

On-Site Photos: Helena Estrela

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