Way Wang
New York
wwangstudio@gmail.com
I forgot something before I recalled it
2022
Threads on pigment prints, tracing papers, muslin, and adhesive
13.5 × 9 × 0.25 inches
Artist Statement
Rather than as moving images, my memories often emerge as photographs, one after another, piece by piece. These still fragments of memory appear rather quiet in the fractured flow of time. They crease, blur, and sometimes lose their initial forms and bodies. This artist’s book, I forgot something before I recalled it, was self-published in 2022. During the two years it took to handcraft this book, the images, constantly revisited and mended with threads and stitches, also come from a trip two years prior. The ever-flowing present seems to bring the photographs closer to the sensation of memory, allowing me to realize that memories are always drifting and transforming. Once recalled, the original narrative is rewritten.