Holding Memory

Description

Holding Memory is inspired by an appliquéd headdress originating in Abomey, in the former Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin), renowned for its rich symbolic textile tradition. For years it hung in a corner of the artist's childhood home, ever-present but almost invisible out of habit. Over time, they began to see it for what it is. What was once part of the background became an important memory: a meeting point between personal history and inherited culture.