Alyce Carrier: Cake Stand Altar at UMOCA from August 11, 2023 to January 6, 2024

In 2018, my sister disappeared for a little less than a year. In that year, I was incessant in my attempt to make sense of her physical and mental absence, and upon her re-entry, I continued to struggle with it.

How do you come to terms with someone that does not want to be found?

How do you process trauma, when the events that caused it are implausible and amorphous?

I found the only way to get through this period of time was to access tangible memories to ground me in my own reality, and from those access points, I was able to move forward in healing.

This show is about my memories, foundational moments in the knowing of myself. It is about holding them with immense care and attention, in order to honor what is and what was.