Following
the idea of bringing back my childhood, the packaging (the box) was built in
wood using the design of The Little Prince’s imaginary box. I chose this
reference because I used to have this book when I was a child and I strongly
feel attached with its message. The concept of the box containing a sheep that
you can’t see extremely relies to the way that I perceive my childhood. (“L’essentiel est invisible pour le youx”)
I see my childhood as that part of me that I find more pure and essential in
every aspect. It is that period in everybody’s life where we are extremely naive
and without fear show the essence of our soul.
During
the process of the box I found important to show a floor plan of my house in
Cuba, so I could bring the viewer closer to my memories and the place where
most of the experience happened. I also wanted to create a surprise effect by
having two compartments inside the box, where in the first one you could only
see the zin, and in the second one you would encounter the floor plan with the
objects. I see my box, objects, and zin as a journey back to the beginning. The
objects were crayons, africanas (a type of cookie that was part of my
childhood), and stamps. The zin (postcards) doesn’t have stamps on it, so I was
wisely advised to use stamps as one of my objects. I really liked this idea and
made ten Cuban stamps and ten American stamps to represent the two homes in my
life.
After
so much thinking of a title, I chose to name it “Memento Vivre” because my box
represents memories of a lifetime that, although sometimes was hard, it was full
of joy and life. I think it functions as a way of reminding us how easy life
can turn out to be if we just take things like kids do. It is way to push
everybody to meditate about their childhood and make up with that kid inside
you. It is a way to look at things in another perspective and encourage yourself
to embrace life and its essence.
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