Things I have been collecting since I was teenager. They are in Korea
I have been collecting things which I think are memorable since about more than 10 years ago, not only positive ones but also stuffs that are related to my fail or bad memories. Mainly they are not so huge and seem trivial generally like receipts, pamphlets, tickets like general things related to where I’ve been to or meaningful moments ; – ex. place I have went to with my mum… but I also collect a piece of note, wrapping paper, plastic bag or a piece of an object which are quite could be seem nonsense and trashy-like.
Since I came to London last September 2021, I’ve been also collecting stuffs, (some of them including things I collected in this summer Korea & things I brought from Korea that i want to keep in London while im staying here)
The air in which this butterfly once hovered is today wholly imbued with a word – one that has not reached my ears or crossed my lips for decades. This word has re-tained that unfathomable reserve which childhood names possess for the adult. ….Walter, B. (2006) Berlin Childhood around 1900. Final version. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: The Belknap press of Harvard University Press.
through the writing, walter (2016, p52) keep talking about not only illustrating the space and memories about quote from the book but he contemplates about the memories about the childhood and connects them while making parallel with the present (adult) and compares those. I am still reading the book but at the moment it was impressive and influenced me thinking about why I collected these and made me think if it was old, then what is the difference between how I remember these now and then. Do I even remember this??
note from laundry place
ticket to Rye
a tag from a gift from my friend
flight to London last year
windsor castle entrance
first exhibition I went with classmates
csm map
photo from magcd mystery crossyear studio workshop
covid vaccine card
christmas cracker
cotswold
failed version of pamphlet from crossyear studio
musical I watched for the first time with my boyfriend
another exhibition I went with my classmates
words which were coming out repeteatedly on briefs
brp collection letter
some tickets I went with mum
first purchase in Edinburgh
canteen coupon
first csm-related event that I attended outside of my course
I dont know but my boyfriend gave this to me
paris carnet t+
bag from a perfume place
parcel receipt from Korea
church
carne
cover of a match box
brp envelop
liberty (i like the colour)
5 pounds
macaroon place
scent of a handwash
note I wrote last term while I was working on 3D project
flat iron experience
Note from ‘LUSH’ store i really had a good time with the staffs
sticker from crossfit place in SF
first purchase in London
note from the stationery place
first musical in London
card from landlord
how to use chopsticks
monzo letter
first plant shopping
dice making idea was funny ( i would hate to play that game)
more tickets
live concert bar?? I went with mum. we failed to join the show because I didn’t know that I needed to book it before
went to goldsmith exhibition
flight to London this autumn
carne
luggage receipt
sim card i used in London
luggage tag to London temporary airbnb
bag? from a resort in vietnam
student oyster
tea room in Rye I went with mum
frist time trying fruity(?) black tea
train to my friends house
another carne
first ER experience in London
note i wrote in highschool
cloth tag
got delivery from a burger place and i got this which made me happy
demo of pamphlet I made in spring term
bath abbey
gift receipt
mexican place I went few times with my first tutorial group last year
waitrose pamphlet
note from a doctor
visitor pass. mum visited the school
first time collecting book at csm library
temporary csm bracelet from last year
gp
went to canterbury with mum
my phone was stolen
first time assembling ikea
first cross year studio in magcd
paper that my name on which i used when Matthew taking photo
After sorting and grouping them, I had question -> what are ‘we’ or ‘others’ doing to remember / record / archive / preserve / commemorate / etc …. something? And what are the differences of each words? what are these each behaviour focusing?
