We kicked off our first session with lectures, presentations, activities, and workshops with Audrey Albert and Antony Hall. Two groups met IRL in Prishtina and Manchester simultaneously, and communicated virtually via online teleconference link.

Audrey presented a series of her works that linked physical objects to memory, especially how they relate to Chagossian and Mauritian cultures. They focused on the practice of storytelling through objects as well as exploring food memories as a different way of telling stories, especially among the diaspora, who often know home only in memories (and how cooking often becomes an act of resistance).

For the first session, each participant was asked to bring a physical object that is significant to them, and during the class exercise led by Audrey, they worked on a response about how it relates to memory.

Antony led a workshop in which the participants 3D scanned their object with various apps that used photogrammetry and/or LIDAR scanning.  

This project was made possible with support from the British Council.

Special thanks to Fondacioni 17 for lending us the space at Rezidenca17.