Mehrdad Naraghi
Untitled from the series The House
2009
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Sara YektapourForgotten
I look at a light that gently separates those dusty layers and tries to breathe
life into this faint, sleeping space. A flicker falls upon the curtain and
reveals its decay. The curtain seems to crawl a little more, then falls to the
ground, ending its companionship with a box that I doubt can still cast its
magic.
I try to explore this closed corner by looking through it, and once again, I
turn to reflection to find traces of this hidden space—the temporary image cast
on the screen of a broken television. But this image disturbs me; a disturbance
like a trick of memory. It’s as if I’m watching the process of a fading memory
that once brought me joy every time I recalled it—a memory I used to remember
until recently but now its images have been wiped from my mind, leaving only a
ghost in my recollection. On the other hand it
reminds me of moments when I forget what I wanted to say and lose all clues to
the excitement I once felt trying to express it. A troubling sense of failure
consumes my entire mind.
