I Can't Remember Where I Came From: Objects as thresholds to past memories and imaginary futures, Tyler Moorehead, 2024.

Drawing on Jean Baudrillard's 1968 text, 'The System of Objects', the artist explores how we define and relate to fragments of objects.

In this multi-sensory provocation, the artist speculates how fragments of family lineage and fragments of objects might converge.

Liminale describes a state of limbo when one becomes slowly untethered from one's authentic origin story, as adopted identities of affinity and fancy fuse into one.

At the centre of the installation is a large, transient structure matching the artist's precise 1.68m stature. A tarpaulin, light ropes, five heavily stuffed hessian sacks and a collection of stones share the burden of support.  

The search for grounding one's own memory of identity is juxtaposed with artefacts of no provenance, period or purpose, constructed entirely from the detritus of other objects.  These include natural stones converted into artefacts of memory with gold painted bases, industrial metal fragments and family photos embedded.

The multi-sensory installation uses natural soundscapes incorporating water, birdsong and bells with a scentscape of rosemary, sage, citrus & clove to stimulate comfort and memory.

Liminale is the Italian word for 'liminal'.Stone artefacts with gilded bottoms are tethered to secure the tarpaulin over hessian sacks.

Site-specific work for the Casino Nazionale, Lucca Province, Italy.

Supported by Borgo Degli Artisti.