The polarity between the sensational and the mundane is also the dichotomy between the sensational and the sensory in which the latter is left unmarked, unvoiced and unattended to, as a banal element of the everyday.

-Nadia Seremetakis

Tuesday, August 4

mapper of families

i've decided to embark on a project to document and archive the people, memories and moments of both sides of my family. mom's and dad's. figured i do it now, since i have the means - camera, scanner, research tools - to do so. will start with my dad's side of the family because there was recently a wedding- my cousin's. zakaria.

will be adding more as time/space allows.
i decided to call it nenek's (granny) house as that's where we usually go to. the headquarters.


documentary. i will be scanning old photos and will perhaps be interviewing my granny, aunts, & uncles about their memories and knowledge/perceptions of the family history. i was also told by my other uncle (mom's brother) that there is possibly an old film reel of my great grandmother when she was young. what an awesome source of family history. will be looking into that as well.


mapping family genealogies. a fun, yet time consuming project.

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