Three thousand echoes for a melody
Zuriñe Berrueta
IED Kunsthal Bilbao
There is always a sense of helplessness in the moment you lose an object of great sentimental value. You picture it, motionless and alone, lying on a street or tucked into some crevice, waiting to be spotted. You know it is out there somewhere, though not exactly where. Unexpectedly parting with such an object is unpleasant, yet I find comfort in the thought that it might be found by someone else, a new owner, and thus gain the chance to begin a new life and go on gathering stories. These little everyday objects that have been forgotten, lost, or discarded lie at the heart of this project. Like people, they hold memories and age; that's why the wear, stains, deformities, and breaks they bear are traces of lives inscribed upon their surfaces which allow us not only to recall the past but also to imagine endless new stories.