Zoom Call With Ancestors, 2021

Video Loop

Using MyHeritage’s Deep Nostalgia tool, I animated photographs and paintings of some of my ancestors and myself, dating from the 16th century to the present, together in a Zoom-style grid. I created this piece to better understand its capability for learning more about ourselves.

 

Installation view at The Luminary for Moving Stories, February 2024. Documentation by Kalaija Mallery.

 

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