Disc Fragments: Memory in Pieces

The Memory Grids and Memory Strata
These small sculptures and low-relief collages combine fragments of damaged discs into new forms. Each collage reveals the traces of media that can no longer play: color, typography, imagery, and texture become the language of memory made visible.

Concept & Materials
The disc fragments in this body of work come from my large-scale installations of donated and discarded media, from wedding mix CDs to scratched game discs, from rare singles to recordables that never burned. When constructing the larger sculptures, over time and through processes such as fabrication, installation, shipping, and deinstallation, many of these discs fracture and break.

I collect these fragments, shards of plastic, traces of text, and slivers of imagery, and recombine them into collages. Each broken disc becomes a remnant of memory, a paused track, an unread message, a moment lost. The fragments are re-woven into designs that spiral, layer, and grid, revealing color, typography, and faint imagery that suggest the intangible content once held within.

Memory Strata ongoing series
Layered compositions built from fragments of broken discs
These works grow from fragments of discarded media assembled in layered arrangements that recall both spirals and geological strata. Each piece builds upon the next, marking time through accumulation and transformation. The fragments reveal traces of sound and image, sedimented into new forms of remembrance.

Memory Grids ongoing series
Each square is 12 inch x 12 inch with a variable thickness.
Each grid gathers fragments of broken discs and arranges them into new compositions that hold traces of sound, image, and text. The pieces align and misalign, forming patterns that shift between order and fracture. These collages invite a quiet act of reconstruction, where memory becomes visible through texture, reflection, and the repetition of loss and repair.