This project is in collaboration with Caitlin Lu. We both loved the messaging and symbolism in the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and we knew from the beginning of the project that we wanted to create an installation and a publication based on it. We both enjoy using the Risograph printer and we wanted to use it to evoke a nostalgic feeling, paired with the use of light and fragmentation.
Searching through different thrift stores, we found a lot of old photographs. We decided to scan these photos and Risograph print them using the four color separated method. We used offset printing on some of the photos in order to further distort them to reflect the idea of lost or forgotten memories.
The title “Meet Me In Montgomery” is a reference to a line from the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, where Joel Barish and Clemintine Kruczynski tell each other to “meet me in Montauk”, which is where the two first met. When their memories are fully erased, the two have no recollection of each other but Joel finds Clemintine in Montauk beach. Even as we try to repress a memory, the emotion rebels against the action of repression.
Our aim for this project is to emphasize the importance of memories and what they hold to us. Memories can be in the form of objects around us, pieces of writing, and photographs.