Tragédie, Coïncidence et La Double Vie de L.L.D.M

“Tragédie, Coïncidence et La Double Vie de L.L.D.M” is the second chapter of the trilogy “Memories of Things Past”, a fiction-documentary project based on historical records that Zhen SHI started in 2015. She employs a 19-century Belgian family diary as its source, retracing a series of coincidences and a tragedy related to the diary that have taken place over the years. Combining text, image, correspondence, telephone record, archive and other media in its presentation, the book seeks to explore the complex relationship between reality and memory under the general proposition “Archive and Fiction” / “Private and Public” in the context of contemporary art.

Book Info

Limited edition of 600 copies

Softcover, 16 x 21 x 1.4 cm, 192 pages that contains a booklet

Photographs in black & white and colors

Published in English, French and Chinese mandarin