Memorabilia are not only objects—concert tickets, photographs, letters, keepsakes—but also fragments of memory, gestures, words, and feelings that we cling to, reimagine, or transform. For artists and creative thinkers, memorabilia often becomes raw material: the ephemera that bridges past and present, personal and collective history, lived experience and artistic practice.
In times of constant digital turnover, memorabilia challenges us to think about what we hold onto, what we archive, and how we reframe personal or cultural histories through creative practice. From nostalgia to critical reflection, from intimate souvenirs to ironic collectables, this theme opens a wide space for interpretation.
Artist: Nathalie Leung Shing
@Natflixly
https://natflixly.com/
Description: This handstitched album holds more than photographs; it carries the weight of memory and the residue of neglect. On Mont Choisy Beach in Mauritius, I gathered 1,700 discarded cigarette butts—small, toxic fragments scarring the sand. Preserved as fragile memorabilia, they are not trophies but reminders of traces left behind and of beauty threatened. My portrait on the cover anchors the work in time and place, a witness to what was collected, remembered, and transformed. Alongside photographs, my hand embroidered basket crafted with these cigarette filters turns waste into testimony, memory into presence.