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21.05.26 – 31.05.26, #195 Kyra Voordeckers, IF I FORGET, AM I FORGOTTEN TOO?


Curated by Nora Franco


A scenography of memories

This place refers to a space beyond itself

A space that no longer exists as it once did

This is how I remember it

At least, I think it is

This is a desperate attempt to hold on

Onto something temporary

keep writing

keep drawing

And above all, to keep dreaming

Of how everything once looked

Until I can no longer distinguish

What is still real

And what I have imagined

But does that still matter?

A memory is temporary. They fade, they deform and eventually, they disappear. We cannot perceive or recall time as merely a physical dimension, but only through its traces, places, images, and  events. 

We remember through space, especially through the intimacy of the house. To remember is to dream; to dream is to create memory. In trying to translate this, we encounter limits. Walls, details, and sharpness cannot contain the multidimensionality of memory. Incompleteness and fragmentation hold a suggestive, emotional power. They force us toward memory and imagination. Shadows, as reductions, leave space to complete what is missing. 

Within this, I question textile as a material for scenography. Rather than filling space, I explore how it can expand through shadow, transparency, and reflection, existing beyond its physical form. 

As a costly and temporary medium, textile calls for adaptability rather than fixed, site-specific design. Atmosphere emerges not from covering a space, but from engaging with it, working in relation to what is already there.

In this project, scenography is simply a space that refers to a place outside itself. It does so without imitating it, without creating an exact copy. The opportunity to fantasize is stronger than the realistic image.

Tijdens MAP presenteren masterstudenten uit verschillende disciplines hun werk.
Campus Bijloke
Marissal
Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent
opening 21.05.26, 18:00

ma-do: 08:00 – 22:00
vr: 08:00 – 18:00
za-zon: 12:00 – 18:00