Ciara Symons

What is remembered, how is it remembered, and how long will it last?
Memory has its structures and its ruins.

Music notation as a writing system archives the ephemerality of sound, and by extension archives an emotive force. The root of the word ‘music’ has its connections to the Greek Goddesses, the Muses. As daughters of the Goddess of Memory, they embody elements of culture – particularly music, poetry and theatre. By researching the etymology of these specific areas, my artworks aim to find the overlap.

Incorporated are current day words from English, French and German as well as archaic roots from Ancient Greek, Latin and Proto-Indo-European. The meticulous arrangement of the notes, words and silences endeavours to tease out and tie together fragments of memory, both historical and personal.