Palimpsest: History in Drawers
is an installation, a snap shot of time before the "digital" image prevailed, a time when we made hard copy backups of our memories in form of letters or photographs. In this project says Varteni I re-count some moments of my own remembrance, remembrance of separation and distance, letters from loved ones tucked away in a drawer somewhere in the house and found years later, read with longing. A moment for now … NOW of course is the question ringing through the installation. Are we making “hard copies” of our memories today? Are we leaving them behind in some drawer somewhere?
