Mooch About
Is There More? reflects on the fading memories of childhood family celebrations and gatherings that no longer take place. The work explores how moments of connection, movement, and collective joy survive through fragments rather than complete recollection.
Charcoal drawings of remembered dances are traced onto linen, capturing gestures and movements from past celebrations. The fabric is suspended from a single point using metal wire rope, allowing it to drape and shift like a fragile memory held between presence and absence. Beneath it, charcoal residue spreads across the floor as an afterimage — a physical trace of what remains after the moment itself has disappeared.
The choice of charcoal is intentional; its tendency to blur, smudge, and gradually fade mirrors the instability of memory. Rather than preserving the past as a fixed image, the work allows it to remain incomplete, constantly changing with time and touch.
Is There More? asks what remains when the gatherings that once shaped our sense of belonging exist only through memory, and whether fragments can carry the weight of what has been lost.