My object, still the jacket:
Then:
Crystalisation:
- revealing the hidden story of objects
- object as a connection to my family/culture/heritage (if I have heritage)
- me vs aunt: who wore it better? (analyzing the different circumstances, expectations)
Questions I had afterwards:
- What’s the story behind my object?
- What exact expectations are tied to it?
- What was it like being young in the 70-80’s in Luxembourg?
- What does wearing this jacket mean to me/to my aunt?
- How can ethnological museums represent that emotional value?
I felt kind of stuck…
Then I did some free writing and some…
Research:
- Museum of Broken Relationships Zagreb
- La résistance des bijoux by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay and The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
- No man’s Land, 2010, Christian Boltanski
some lil sketches:
Next Steps:
- Actually talk to my family
- Explore and experiment with the tension between an ethnological description and personal value
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