Resolution
Catalina Reyes+
With video, photography and performance, Catalina Reyes (1992) explores her own and her inherited lived experiences growing up in Chile, constantly looking at memory as a malleable source for reflection. She investigates her past through the cracks of oblivion, looking at them as tension points of forgetfulness. Where does a memory start and where does it end?
By repeatedly watching
and editing intimate and historical footage, in a series of ritualistic acts she approaches video and film making as a tool to release memories. In this place of suspended time, she is able to create spaces of observation without fear, a safe space for endangered
bodies. Looking at personal and historical narratives as intertwined, Catalina uses the investigation of memories and storytelling as part of her research process, constructing constellations of multi-temporalities through her moving image practice.
The film portrays the return back home to Chile after a year from living abroad. In an exploration of memories around the figure of the house, family dynamics reveal themselves throughout the film.
Using archival footage from my childhood, recordings around the house and interviews with my mother and sister, the work and the process itself are an effort to put the pieces together, both in the editing and through memory recollection.
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