Invitation: artist Ioana Sisea asks visitors to return in time

“In Perpetuum. A study of memory.” is artist Ioana Sisea’s latest exhibition, which is currently on display at POINT art hub.

“From clutch of hand we drop a stone into water, see it disappear and watch the ripples commemorate the event, extending their announcement into space with fading register, like a sound echoing itself into inaudibility. At some point they fade from view, but their information is not lost; it is transferred into other forms of energy in a kinetic continuum of memory. What does it mean to remember? Memories exist inside us and unconsciously shape decisions we make, yet we often have no awareness of such influence nor access to the memories asserting it. Occasionally, external stimuli like smells, sounds, colours, words will unlock a previously forgotten experience or sometimes only a blurred sensation of such”, explains the artist Ioana Sisea what can be seen at POINT.

“When our first memories are formed we see hands not faces: Hands are at the height of our eyes. Hands offer safety, support, affection and protection. Our memories of our parents’ hands are of a time when we entrusted ourselves to them completely, when our own hands lacked the proficiency for our own survival. Reaching for their hand was our most fundamental impulse for protection and support. Our parents’ hands mediate our interaction with the world turning what would otherwise be just a receptor for information about form and quality into a device for emotional and physical survival. We are taught how to communicate, express affection, elaborate our thoughts, build things, manifest our creative impulses and leave a trace of ourselves beyond ourselves,” adds artist Ioana Sisea.

During the second meeting of BR Exclusive Club, the participants had a a private view of the exhibition in the presence of the artist Ioana Sisea and the curator.