evident not only in his face, she said, but in his actions.
The search for facts, which is another of Daudy’s quests, may not be so self-evident. Kate noted both in the past and during our conversation that the search for a single fact that could provide evidence that not all life was ephemeral was what underpinned her conversations with Nobel prize physicist Sir Konstantin Novoselov and others. She admitted it has and will continue to be a conversation that may take some time.
When we raise the prospect that, aside from unseen things which still may produce a fact,
Daudy’s own notes – and, subsequently, the words written on objects – served as “facts” that confirmed that she and they did exist in the
past as well as present, in place as she moved
through spaces, Kate thought about it for a moment and then agreed. She seemed somewhat delighted, in fact, to think that our point might prove to be true – even laughing at the prospect. It certainly resonated with her overall notion that “thoughts and words create worlds,” both literally and physically in what some have called a “thought scape”3
Bringing together the old and the new, themes of human memory and contemporary circumstance, science and technology and older craft, Kate Daudy has come a long way from the days of placing notes in the hem of her dress. The world is clearly better off for her taking on the journey and sharing what she’s learned.
Opposite:
Punctum: Future Nostalgia
Photo Courtesy of:
Kate Daudy
Right:
Installing The Honey Project
Video Courtesy of:
Kate Daudy &
Columbia Global Centers | Paris
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