Traces

Traces It focuses on transgenerational trauma, showing how unresolved traumatic conflicts can be transmitted through generations through unconscious mechanisms.

As the psychoanalysts Abraham and Török (1978) say: “Words that could not be said, the scenes that could not be remembered, the tears that could not be spilled, are preserved in secret, although they are encrypted” manifesting. -The psychosomatic symptoms. So the descendants can be affected by the trauma of their ancestors, despite not having experienced the same experiences.

In this piece the use is used historical memory as a plot starting point; The Civil War is a clear example of our collective trauma. And with a series of stories accompanied by a visual poetry, the weight of a secret is explored, showing an unreal and palpable terror.