HOME SWEET HOME (2023)
assemblages (found objects, photo transfers, graphite on parchment and wood)
assemblages (found objects, photo transfers, graphite on parchment and wood)
EN / FR
This series of assemblages and monotypes, inspired by the life of Iby Knill, speaks to her process of relocating to West Yorkshire and beginning a new life after liberation from Auschwitz. Meditating on themes of loss, recovery, and rebuilding, and using materials that are traditionally associated with the domestic space, I aim to disrupt the traditional understanding of the Holocaust archive as a depository of trauma. By focusing on the threads of Iby’s regenerative ‘nine lives’ (as she liked to call it) after the Holocaust, I encourage the viewer to consider a side of history that is often overlooked: the resilient, hope-filled, and often messy process of rebuilding.
This series of assemblages and monotypes, inspired by the life of Iby Knill, speaks to her process of relocating to West Yorkshire and beginning a new life after liberation from Auschwitz. Meditating on themes of loss, recovery, and rebuilding, and using materials that are traditionally associated with the domestic space, I aim to disrupt the traditional understanding of the Holocaust archive as a depository of trauma. By focusing on the threads of Iby’s regenerative ‘nine lives’ (as she liked to call it) after the Holocaust, I encourage the viewer to consider a side of history that is often overlooked: the resilient, hope-filled, and often messy process of rebuilding.
