But then there are traces – words, objects, sounds and smells – that keep reminding you of that other place. You understand that some of the fruits you eat have special meaning; you receive them as rare treats that become symbols for this other world. At night you sing old songs to your child that you know by heart, even though you hardly speak the language you sing them in.
After lullabies comes sleeping, and with sleeping comes dreaming. The night is a time where memories resurface. In dreams one can exist in more than one place. Dreams moves you in and out of this place called home, and home.
The exhibition Defragmentation brings together photography, film, installation, woodcuts and sound as one collective body of work, conveying the splintered memories and stories in an attempt to unpack and distinguish the artist’s own heritage.
Nora Adwan lives and works in Bergen. She achieved an MFA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design and studied at the Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan in Beirut and Kingston University, London. Her works has been shown at SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), P21 Gallery (London), e-flux Video Platform, Lydgalleriet (Bergen), Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo), Kunsthall Stavanger (Stavanger) and Astrup Fearnley (Oslo).
