'Misremembering Space: Vacant Bodies' deconstructs concepts of space, memory, and one's relationship with their surroundings through the use of architectural imagery and pattern. Lailey and Nicole’s work aims to analyze the relationship between the body and shelter through the lens of the memories contained within these specific locations. To achieve this, they focus on images of familiar areas by utilizing local Albertan imagery, including rural landscapes, farmhouses, and brutalist architecture. These locations are then distorted by projecting images and patterns to create new and unsettling spaces that disorientate the viewer with their bright colors and unattainable geometries. These distorted structures blur the line between romanticized and overlooked architecture by dissecting and reconstructing fragments of memory. A lack of presence or witness in these works makes this loss of memory all the more isolating, investigating how the body interacts with space by highlighting its absence.

Images courtesy of the gallery and Nicole Jones.

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