Destinations
Michelle Murillo

The identity indicates a person. It is the possibility of recognizing the unique characteristics and finding a place, an own definition based on the traces of the past, memory, experiences or knowledge.

The narrative interpretive work of memory, converted into spaces of identity to be revealed and understood in the context of past and present experiences. Murillo maintains that memory is a story from the past that can also function as a compass in the present.

The installation presents 200 glass postcards (made with silkscreen prints of old postcard images) that connect with the shadows that they cast, producing a clear metaphor of the inaccessible memory quality. The text on these postcards reveals subtle glimpses of their senders and recipients; from their personal lives, are experienced in artifacts from memory and personal history. Beyond biographical content postcards, they are also a record of trips and stories of experiences. The postcards are registered in metaphorical keys of the memory maps of the place and of the identity.