The Fate of Things: Memory objects and art, 2018
Anne Zahalka and Sylvia Griffin
Sydney Jewish Museum, 2 November 2018 – 28 February 2019
In The Fate of Things: Memory Objects and Art, two Australian-born artists, Anne Zahalka and Sylvia Griffin, remember their families’ Holocaust experiences through inherited objects, remnants and relics. For this exhibition, the artists undertook a process of self-discovery by imbuing tangible symbols of their family histories with personal interpretations of their second-hand traumatic memories. Through video, photography, assemblage, sculpture and textiles, the artists memorialised lost family members never met, particularly female predecessors, to trace who they are today and how their characters have been formed over time.
Brochure | Interview
Article
Signage and statement, Sydney Jewish Museum
1 If these objects could speak (1 of 12)
If these objects could speak (5 of 12)
If these objects could speak (6 of 12)
If these objects could speak (8 of 12)
5. If these objects could speak (11 of 12)
If these objects could speak (12 of 12)
If these objects could speak (set of 12)
8. Fate of Things install view
A thousand kisses across the sea and In exile
A thousand kisses across the sea, Persian carpet, letters, chair, 176cm x 246cm
A thousand kisses across the sea (detail)
In exile, 50.5cm x 81cm
Rewriting, 2017 Video duration 08.37
Rewriting, 2017 Video projected on deskcloth on 89cm x 58cm x 76cm high
Hairlooms, Wooden glass case, velvet, hair42cm x 39.3cm x 4.5cm
Czech embroidered folk costume, and bag
Ghostly things, photogram from frottage
Installation view
Online interactive, tablet, plinth
Installation view
I follow you, Silver gelatin print on fibre paper 53.5cm x 60.8 cm
