Cris A. Schayer
Apostrophes Recollected (2014-2015)
a·pos·tro·phe
əˈpästrəfē/
1. a punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers.
2. an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified)
I sit in front of home videos I have never seen and recount memories that arise from watching the videos.
People I can't remember, others I wish I could forget. When no new meories or stories arose, I would sit in silence and observe.
Apostrophes Recollected I
Location: Boston
Duration: 35 minutes

1st iteration: Boston Massachusetts

1st iteration: Boston Massachusetts
Apostrophes Recollected II
Location: Boston
Duration: 60 minutes
I begin sitting at a wooden tabel and chair. Relfectons of home videos are blurred on a sheet of melting ice. As the ice drips through the tabel, I loslowly drop onto the floor, staring silently, reflecting on the past.


Apostrophes Recollected III
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Duration: 210 minutes




