Memory has become a central theme in my artwork. It is a buried complex element in every human brain. Its presence is not a physical entity that is noticeable to the human eye though it has the power to prevail onto society in many forms. There is an interconnection between memory and human behavior, and in many cases, human behavior depends on it. Human behavior is among the factors of memory, and, since memory originates from past experiences, the human condition is intensified when it is multiplied by emotions. It is evident that a profound event shared amongst different people will not be alike. Their very own experience will cause a “dent”, a psychological mark, due to their own emotions. Emotions dictate how “dented” their memory will be and for how long this “dent” will remain. Therefore, memories are unique for each person.
As an interdisciplinary artist, I consistently attempt to capture my own. I investigate memory as the psychological and emotional part of the self. The process of unearthing past memories provoke emotions creating a new moment in time. While many parts of my memory are absent or blurry, other images are clear as if it had occurred the previous day. Layering, repetition and documentation are characteristic in my work revealing coherent or clouded traces and transformations of moments in time.
My most recent body of works consists of images of my artworks that are digitally projected onto surfaces I create or into the natural environment forming a large three-dimensional space. The play of projection is the language I use to represent my psychology. This process also brings the memories closer to the actual instances and it creates a sense of what is real and what is unreal. It is a mediation of the past juxtaposed with the present. In the Snow Projection Series, the marks on my paintings collide with elements of the natural world and further act as an expression of my emotions of my own past experiences from where they occurred—the outdoor space. Snow functions like memory. In time, snow changes its form just as memory is transformed through time.
- Biljana Vujicic
