the project |
our process | my role
Extraordinary Moments
Extraordinary Moments explores the personal in the context of the world. Based on my grand-fathers accounting book,
which he started in 1917 at the age of 12, I wanted to tell the story of my family, of a time when expressing one's political
view meant putting the lives of loved ones at risk. It is the account of the people who
become our ancestors, and suggests that no matter how mundane our day to day lives are, if put in
the wider context of history, place and people, - every moment becomes extraordinary.
Kristina Fiedrich and Ian Verchere
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The process
This project was created for my Digital Art elective with
Ian Verchere and shown at the skrol digital art exhibition in 2009.
It took quite a long time to go through my grandfather's book, try to figure out his writing and put the little snippets of a life
in the bigger context of history. Aside from daily expenses, he was very meticulous in writing down political events of the time. Especially during
WW2 the book became more a journal than just an accounting book.
Visitors at the Skrol art show.
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My Role
I am the grand-daughter of the main protagonist, and somewhere in this simple
accounting book is a small entry about an amount my grandfather
lent to my parents in 1964 to travel to the USA, where on a hot September afternoon the seed that was to become me
got planted. Even thought I would never consider myself an artist, I took the liberty of creating an art project
from something as mundane as an accounting book. Art has to reflect life. Art is life.
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