don't take yourself too seriously is an attempt to induce time travel. it is also part of an exploration on memory and the passage of time.



DTYTS
Object, installation, performance
Started in 1978, ongoing

 

I had a plate made to press a silent record. playing as part of a larger installation where the white noise, coming from the needle touching the media, would activate memories. one record for every year of my life until I die. records are numbered according to my years of existence as an artifice to activate memories in a specific way. records are single sided. On one side, the memories one can access, on the other, a reminder of how much we forgetcan’t access.

"The progression is not linear"



Instalation shot, New York, 2013
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Casamata, Rio de Janeiro, 2013



the piece has been shown as an installation (where the record of the year plays in loop as the others sit aside) and as a performance, where people gather to listen to the different years and share memories.


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At Brooklyn Phono, New York, 2012