Skip to Content
Sarah Brennan: The Process of Forgetting

The Process of Forgetting

Sarah Brennan

For years the main theme in my work has revolved around memory, a vast and ever-elusive influence our perceptions of experience holds on all of us. I cannot seem to break away from my fascination with it. This image came into my mind while I was trying to make sense of a particularly painful end of a relationship, and the battle to let go of its effect on me. I became intrigued by the idea of an image hidden or invisible and at the same time very present, that intangible mystery at the core of so many powerful recollections. My further pursuit became to represent how we attempt to escape these recollections: What details and impressions survive? What fragmented resolutions remain?