the specifics might be vague
2024 - ongoing

Each time we access a memory, we rewrite the moment. The very act of remembering alters the facts. This process, called reconsolidation, makes the image a bit more blurry and malleable, a retelling of the last time we shared the memory. Everything can alter our version of events, but each retrieval is a portrait of our current self, combining with the changing ways we perceive our world. the specifics might be vague is an interdisciplinary photography exploration of the role images play in how and what we remember. Ideas of truth and documentation have long entangled the history of photography. The photographer instead both conceals and reveals stories of our lives, curating the images of our lives. Images often spark memories and stories, overwriting any truth we may seek. Using analog photographs from my family archive, I re-record them as digital files, replicating the reconsolidation process. I pixelate each image by hand, blurring some areas while others remain visible, shaping the image into a new narrative. Memory is flexible and always changing; the only constant are the stories we tell ourselves.

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