The Archive of Handshakes

About

This project explores the ephemeral visuality of transition and displacement, how perception changes and adapts in time and space. During the pandemic, and utilizing a sculpture,  “The Archive of Handshakes” weaves together coded statements on contemporary social norms, social rituals, and nonverbal communication. It is about archiving physical memories – memories of physical contact within personal histories. The collection of “air/clay trapped between a handshake”, formed into 28 clay sculptures, attempts to archive for the future a social custom possibly forgotten. The catalog contains objects shaped by a handshake between the author and her family, friends, lovers, and colleagues she could not see or touch on a regular basis during the 2020 and 2021. In addition, various data such as personal information, the coordinates of the place where the handshake took place, the time and the weather are included in the archive.

Credits

Author

Ljubica Arsić

Type

Sculpture, Clay, about 7x4cm each (28 pieces)

Year

2020/21/22