‘‘I feared my Shadow But It was nice to see my self in fear.’’
BA Thesis at Gerrit Rietveld Academie graduation show
Amsterdam, NL
2022
Installation by Kiki Gordon
This body of work is an archive of projects that come together in their relation to the hauntology of remembrance, of past/present and childhood/adulthood—-a return to the ghost. The curiosities within include dolls, collectibles, childhood entertainment, children’s drawings as well as books and printed material. Influenced by the subculture of cult-classic toy collectors, this display is a material assemblage of the adult’s experience of all that haunts from youth.
The title of this body of work is a poem titled ‘‘Fear’’ by 6th grader Vilma Mejias from ‘‘Rose, where did you get that red? Teaching great poetry to children’’ a book by Kenneth Koch, published in 1973.