Abstract
This chapter discusses a series of contemporary art works from The Woodford Academy, which share the ambition of loosening narrative in order to allow embedded memories of site to emerge. Here loosening of narrative means: the absence of dogmatic narrative to allow new conscious and subconscious forms of meaning making. Embedded memory refers to traces of past happenings, held within a physical place: the fabric of built form and the depths of landscape, which is sensed corporeally. This practice-based research is reflected upon in this chapter through reflection on my own art and curatorial practice; writings by the other artists involved; as well as writings by Deleuze, Spinoza, and various contemporary affect theorists. In this context, the novelty and contribution of this chapter suggest that a site may hold memories that can be felt haptically or emotionally by visitors, and a loosening of narrative through contemporary art practice allows space for these embedded memories of site to emerge.
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