Egidija Ciricaite

 

 

"Mikučio vargai" (Sorrows of Mikutis), "Ugnies žiede" (In the Ring of Fire) and "Kalvio Ignoto teisybė" (The Truth of Blacksmith Ignotas)2011
[20] leaves : all ill. ; 30 cm.,
Limited edition of 25 signed and numbered copies.

 

 

"Damnatio memoriae" is the Latin phrase literally meaning "condemnation of memory" in the sense of a judgment that a person must
not be remembered. It was a form of dishonor that could be passed by the Roman Senate upon those, who brought discredit to
the Roman State. The result is to erase someone from history.

The triptych consists of three artists' books: "Mikučio vargai" (Sorrows of Mikutis), "Ugnies žiede" (In the Ring of Fire) and
"Kalvio Ignoto teisybė" (The Truth of Blacksmith Ignotas). All of them maintain copies of the original covers and the contents
of a fired book.
The originals are Soviet publications from 1944-1978, that have been fired to an immensely fragile state as part of
" "Damnatio memoriae" project.