Regina Mamou
"I Try to Erase You but You're Still Here" at Spoke Gallery in Chicago
April 17 - 29, 2009 "I Try to Erase You but You're Still Here" at Spoke Gallery in Chicago
April 17 - 29, 2009 When I Arrived I Came Here First We Waited in Your Lap Filling the Holes at Dusk There is a Split that Never Heals
I Try to Erase You but You're Still Here (2008-2009)
"I Try to Erase You but You’re Still Here" responds to the idea of nostalgia based on location—as an origin of pain and yearning for the past. The title implies the simultaneous need to desire and dismiss juvenile experiences. The failure of "trying to erase" sentimental memories becomes source material for the project.

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