In the Mountains, the Sun is Shining
by Matevž Čebašek
This project can be seen this year at Circulation(s), which takes place from March 21 to May 17 in Paris, France. The full program is available here.
“Dementia has been part of my life since I was born. From a very young age, I wondered about my grandfather’s perception of reality, as he suffered from severe dementia and was unable to speak. In recent years, these questions have resurfaced while spending time with my grandmother, who now suffers from dementia herself. In an attempt to understand her, I started to explore her past as broadly as possible. I reflected on the memories she still carries, and she often considers them as the present, as well as the “post-memories” that have been passed on to me. I explored the life of a woman and her history in Slovenia through a multitude of archives that interact with photographs from the present. This work is a very intimate narrative that ranges from small to large histories which will remain scarred within my grandmother’s body and the landscapes of her ancestral home. By using my grandmother’s personal stories, I examine Slovenian collective history and reject institutionalised narratives as ultimate truths by comparing them with the fragility and unreliability of memory.”
