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How is history constructed? Who decides what is preserved or forgotten? What is seen, and what is obscured? The exhibition Vanishing Act is a poetic and critical investigation of the fragility of memory and history. Taking Nicky Sparre-Ulrich’s own family narrative as its point of departure, the exhibition unfolds like the figures of a matryoshka doll: each layer of meaning splits open to reveal the next, collectively drawing connections between the very personal, intimate family story and global political questions about the significance of truth in a “post-truth” age.
When Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago, it prompted Sparre-Ulrich to look more closely at her own origins and family history, particularly a specific branch of the family that lived for generations in Odessa, and whose lives intertwine with the present in many ways. This is due partly to her father’s extensive genealogical research, and partly, and most…
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How is history constructed? Who decides what is preserved or forgotten? What is seen, and what is obscured? The exhibition Vanishing Act is a poetic and critical investigation of the fragility of memory and history. Taking Nicky Sparre-Ulrich’s own family narrative as its point of departure, the exhibition unfolds like the figures of a matryoshka doll: each layer of meaning splits open to reveal the next, collectively drawing connections between the very personal, intimate family story and global political questions about the significance of truth in a “post-truth” age.
When Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago, it prompted Sparre-Ulrich to look more closely at her own origins and family history, particularly a specific branch of the family that lived for generations in Odessa, and whose lives intertwine with the present in many ways. This is due partly to her father’s extensive genealogical research, and partly, and most…
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