Remembering

When all that remains is a conduit of and for memory, subject and objecthood become interchangeable, mutually enlivening the other. Conceptualizing memory in five chapters, Bowes Art and Architecture Library’s Spring 2026 exhibition Remembering questions our inclination to document, how remnants invoke, resonance, and erasure. The themes: resistance, repair, record, revival, and reconstruction are presented as valences of remembrance, categorized by method, materiality, and most irresistibly, some alliteration. Featuring items from Bowes Library’s Special Collections, Remembering treats archival objects as mediators of consideration, exploring the language of all that is made, preserved, and left behind as it concerns what could be forgotten.

Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.