{"id":4030,"date":"2020-02-22T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:28:47","slug":"the-double-act-of-flower-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/22\/the-double-act-of-flower-time\/4030","title":{"rendered":"The double act of Flower time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: EB+Garamond;font-size: 25px;text-align: center\"><em><strong>The Double Act of Flower-Time<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ee095044 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#read\" style=\"border-radius:30px\">Read Here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Double-Act-of-Flower-Time.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:30px\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" id=\"read\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Double-Act-of-Flower-Time.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:843px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">&#8220;<em>This paradox of memory is a negotiation between having to remember, the obligation to<br>mourn, the uncertainty of moments and conditions of its activation, the inability to recall, and<br>the slow grinding requirement to forget and move on.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">This essay reflects on the complex relationship between memory, war, and public art. Drawing upon historical events and personal narratives, it examines how acts of commemoration and remembrance are shaped by both collective and individual experiences. The text delves into the ephemeral nature of memory, questioning how societies remember and honour the past through art in shared spaces.<br><br><em>Text by Raqs, published in \u2018Routledge Companion to Art in the Public Realm\u2019, Edited by Cameron Cartiere and Leon Tan, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This paradox of memory is a negotiation between having to remember, the obligation tomourn, the uncertainty of moments and conditions of its activation, the inability to recall, andthe slow grinding requirement to forget and move on.&#8220; This essay reflects on the complex relationship between memory, war, and public art. 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