Sentimental Archives
“Sentimental Archives” is on-going artistic research that explores with autoethnography, spatial narratives, Augmented Reality, geolocation, mapping, archiving processes to contemplate on the materiality and sensibility of archives as intimate narratives and data infrastructures. The process follows an investigation personal archive of postal letters and journal of my deceased father who worked as a seafarer during the 1970s and 1980s in cargo ships. Therefor, the “"personal” here then connects to the network of maritime infrastructures, port cities, and shipping routes.
A video art essay serves as a reflection of the process on contemplating about the relationships between personal memories and data infrastructures. The production shows the 3D models and AR installation held in certain locations in Rotterdam.
Investigating Ports through Sentimental Archives
Initial process and outputs of this project were realized during an artist residency of Goethe-Investigating at Goethe Institut in Rotterdam. The exhibition included the AR installation through ARpoise app, a video art installation, and images of 3D textures maps.
The event “A View From The Sea” was also held with an art conversation with Carola Hein to present the Port City Atlas book.
