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Boltanski wrote that "memory was repeatedly threatened by forgetting"

Friday, March 4, 2011

Roasted Addiqtion, Saturday 5 March, 11.30am
The staff were a bit quick with the cleanup so missed the plates! 
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Traces: remnants of times past

"If these tables could talk"...imagine the tales that tables could tell about what they have witnessed through time!

In two cafes in Auckland, tables with traces of their former lives wait to be used again. The public are invited to contribute to this installation by visiting one of the two venues, thereby helping to create an extension to the tables' narrative and becoming part of this ongoing project.

An element of luck will be required; only one table will be tagged at each venue and you'll need to time your visit for when the artist is on site.

Traces is part of the Auckland 2011 Fringe, February 25 - March 13.

Judith will be regularly updating her blog with photos, impressions and participants' responses throughout the Fringe.

Recommended websites and blogs

  • Auckland Fringe Festival 2011
  • Roasted Addiqtion
  • Te Karange tea rooms

About Me

Judith Grey
Auckland, New Zealand
Judith's current work focuses on the exploration of memories, and of absence and loss using familiar domestic objects.
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Special thanks to my helpers over the Fringe Festival:

Jo Chow, Jennie Edwards, Kristen Flannery, Rae Foster, Jeff Mauk, Carolyn Milbank, Sharon Rochford, Sue Small, Joya Todd.



Boltanski wrote that "memory was repeatedly threatened by forgetting" and his work largely consisted of "preserving what he calls la >petite memorie<, or >small memory<. This is stored in small, apparently insignificant everyday things, which after a person's death remains behinds as relics".2

2. Klaedefabrik, K (2005, as cited in Dider Semin, et al. 1997)
Shadow Play. Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art. A Homage to Hans Christian Andersen, 1st edn, p. 151, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg.






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