Memory Ferry
2022, Interactive Installation, Performance


“Memory Ferry” Installation view at “Fragile; The New Order Exhibition”, Cang Art Museum

Memory Ferry includes an interactive installation and a performance that I made in conjunction with the exhibition. In this project, I explored the disappearance and continuity of memory.




Duration: 52′48″ 
Oil Paint Pen, String

Memory Ferry is a ‘psychic’ installation that connects the underworld and the earth. 
Souls can pass through Charon's ship to the underworld and can be resurrected and reborn as well. 
When someone approaches the installation to pay their respects, 
the eulogy on the installation becomes a transaction between the soul and the Charon, 
and the soul of memory returns to the present on the Charon's boat, where the short-lived rebirth continues.

In the performance, I transformed myself into a memory keeper, 
bringing those dying memories to the tombstone. 
I desperately wanted to avoid forgetting, and those faint words echoed in my mind. 
I tried to record them over and over again with an oil-based pen on top of my body. 

This is a ritual of memory sacrifice, but also a self-healing
Memory Ferry是一个连接阴阳两界的“通灵”装置,灵魂可以通过Charon的船只到达阴间,也同样能复活重生。当有人靠近装置祭奠时,装置上的悼文成为灵魂与卡戎的交易之物,记忆之魂乘着卡戎之船重回现世,短暂的重生在此延续。

在行为表演中,我化身为记忆守灵者,带着那些即将逝去的记忆来到墓碑前。我极力地想要避免遗忘,那些微弱的文字回响在我的脑海中。我试图用油性笔将它们一遍遍地记录在我的身体之上,仿佛由此就能将自身化作记忆的灵魂,以肉体的形式将之留存。

这是一场祭奠记忆的仪式,更是一场对自我的疗愈


jennyjiang,  2024