You can't wrap your arms around a memory
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Synopsis
You can't wrap your arms around a memory draws a parallel between the decay of the human mind - specifically the challenges of dementia, a terminal degenerative neurological condition - and the decay of buildings in a dilapidated state. It is concerned with representing memories, the passing of time and sites of vacancy.
You can't wrap your arms around a memory is based on interviews with an elderly nun from an Irish convent, in which she retells stories from her life that are in the process of being forgotten. Influenced by the ideologies proposed in Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space, the work is constructed upon some of the nun’s daily activities as well as buildings mentioned in the stories from her past.
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Title
You can't wrap your arms around a memory
Year
2017
Duration
00:12:06
Aspect ratio
16:9
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes