‘The negatives are under my skin’ by Miriam Aziz (“MA”) (Casa Bolivar, Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 2022)) is a site specific multi-media installation which addresses memory and the act of interpretation. It includes a short film shown on a made-to-measure projector screen, a series of ink and pencil drawings on carbon paper, tracing paper, writing paper and party streamers including fragments of Super8mm film which have been (dis) embodied into shapes that recall the artist’s fascination with the human body as an archive of all of our indelible experiences for which the negatives remain. The title, “The negatives are under my skin” recall instructions included in a will and testament which may never find its last firmament, as we continue to recalibrate through all that we meet, piercing variable paths through time that we seek to (dis) own.

Film and Soundscape by MA: Duration: 06:56 / All Artwork and Choreography by MA.

Acknowledgements: The artist wishes to thank Paola Bilanceri. Further thanks go to Agrado Betzold, Giuseppe Cottone, Matan David and Serena Spinelli of Art and the City, Milan. Photograph by Ines Viquiera (2022)