Fragmentary Memories
Cameraless film photography, Exposed to various chemicals for months, 2017-2018
Forest#1, 2018, 12 x 36 inches
Crawling, 2018, 30 x 20 inches
Meteor Shower, 2018, 30 x 20 inches
Girl, Sky, and Comet, 2019, 30 x 20 inches
In
this project, Jeong Hur (b. South Korea) reproduces his fragmentary false
memories in the real world by using film that is one representative medium for
capturing the real world. Although his memories mainly comprised of the events
that happened in the real world, some memories were created naturally. Jeong
called them 'Fake Memory.' Jeong had no intentions of making his fake memories.
They naturally occurred over time in his daily life. Of course, Jeong knows
that these memories did not happen through the testimonies
of other people who are characters in his memories. And such partial false
memories are not connected to other real memories. Nevertheless, some
memories--for example, scenes where he dreamed about taking a train trip
with his family or saw a meteor shower--became precious to him
by giving him satisfaction.
Jeong
created these images in a similar way as the fake-memory-forming process.
Jeong exposed 35mm films to natural situations without a camera. Generated and
changed memories cannot be stored in his mind like actual memories in a short
time. Also, because memories can be adjusted depending on the environment,
mood, and emotion, Jeong exposed his films to the same situations that he
usually experiences. For these reasons, over at least two weeks, films
were exposed to places he regularly visits, including streets, stuff he
often uses, or food. Because of these similar processes, Jeong could
get surprising images that can recall his fake memories. Also, images
have become a better way for him to represent his fake memories
rather than an actual place or landscape.
Jeong titled each image, but he will not force his title to an audience. Because he wishes to share with audience fake memories also can be reproduced in the real world, he hopes viewers can remind of their precious fake or actual memories by seeing the series "Fragmentary Memory,"
Jeong titled each image, but he will not force his title to an audience. Because he wishes to share with audience fake memories also can be reproduced in the real world, he hopes viewers can remind of their precious fake or actual memories by seeing the series "Fragmentary Memory,"