Leila Orth aborde la question des lieux de mémoire qui existent et qui pourraient exister. S'appuyant sur ses nombreuses années de recherche artistique autour des mémoriaux, elle explore à travers ce livre des lieux menant possiblement à une forme transnationale de mémoire, loin des mémoriaux nationaux.
Leila Orth understands commemoration as a multi-layered process in which not only one moment is remembered, but in which several memories, images, conflicts and feelings come together. Instead of erecting more monuments made of concrete and stone, she is interested in the gaps in between, in which memory is created and which make remembrance possible. Her focus is on the Elbe island of Finkenwerder in Hamburg harbour, where she herself grew up. From there, Orth develops a multidirectional dialogue in which different people's perspectives on water as part of their history are incorporated. Water has the power to connect us, reflects the relationship between past and present and provides space for narratives that have previously been overlooked.
Leila Orth (née en 1995) est une artiste allemande. Elle travaille notamment sur la question de la commémoration et du souvenir, à la recherche de nouvelles approches émancipées d'un passé colonial et patriarcal.
