La Chambre in Strasbourg, France, will exhibit Memories and Nightmares by British photographer Lottie Davies. This is how she describes her series:
“My project Memories and Nightmares is concerned with making images inspired by narratives of individual experiences, both real and fictional.
At the beginning of 2008 I asked several of my friends to send me written accounts of early childhood memories or nightmares and have discovered a rich source of fascinating stories.
We all have our own tales and myths which we use to tell our lives. In many ways, memories are essentially a human experience, and over the years they can change; for instance, an early childhood memory will be retold and re-remembered, and the way one person describes an event may be different to others’ memory of it.
In recounting nightmares, some people remember a clear narrative, others only a particular feeling or location. And of course the surreal or impossible elements of the dream, which at the time of dreaming seem entirely logical, are often the most fascinating. Our memories are part of the collection of human stories, and by using them as inspiration for these images I hope to celebrate them and encourage us to tell us more about ourselves.”
Lottie Davies was born in Guildford, UK, in 1971.
Lottie Davies
Memories and Nightmares
Until March 11, 2012
La Chambre
4 place d’Austerlitz
67000 Strasbourg
