How Do You Remember? On memory and felt knowledge – With Emmy Yoneda

they ask me to remember

but they want me to remember

their memories

and i keep remembering

mine.

– Lucille Clifton

On Saturday the 7th December 2-4pm, Emmy Yoneda and Market Gallery invite you to How Do You Remember? On memory and felt knowledge; a screening of Autumn Salmon and Ainu Hunter, Mon-chan – two video works by artist and researcher, Eiko Soga, developed from her field research-based work with the Ainu community – the indigenous peoples in Japan. Video descriptions below.

In between the screenings there will be an open and informal group discussion guided by the question: what can we learn and remember when we consider people as libraries – of knowledge, experience, history and memory? This event is about intergenerational exchange and learning so it would be wonderful if you were able to bring along a family member, someone from your community, or a ‘teacher’ to join you at the event. This is not a requirement so please feel welcome to come by yourself or with friends.

The event is free but ticketed, please reserve your place and that of your companion. The session will take place in our space at 13 Ross Street, which is wheelchair accessible and has an accessible gender neutral toilet. Hot drinks and snacks will be provided. We have travel and childcare bursaries available, please get in touch on market@marketgallery.org to request them.

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Autumn Salmon (18.54 minutes)

Since the summer of 2015, Eiko has worked on field research-based projects with Ainu and Japanese people in Hokkaido, Japan. In 2016, she lived with an Ainu woman called Ms. Katsue Kaizawa and studied the making of Ainu kimono, embroidery, and salmon-skin shoes. In Autumn Salmon, she focuses on the idea of process and making-as-sensory-research. In Ainu culture, salmon used to serve key economic, religious, and spiritual roles.

Ainu Hunter, Mon-chan (25.50 minutes)

Ainu Hunter, Mon-chan explores an idea of ecology of empathy between human and non-human worlds. This work is a video essay which includes an oral history from a member of the Ainu community, Mon-chan (Atsushi). Using visual and audio recordings that Eiko Soga collected in 2019, she questioned how we can imagine a future that is more ecological and inclusive, with a sense of reciprocity?

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This event is a response to Market Gallery’s Resource Library, a small lending library home to a growing collection of books on anti-racism and solidarity across global political movements. The library functions as an educational resource where learning and conversations can take place.

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Emmy Yoneda is a Japanese-Scottish artist, whose interdisciplinary practice explores the connection between the politics of memory and inherited histories/landscapes through moving image, drawing, and writing. She is currently developing a research project considering transnational perspectives on Japanese history through art, literature, and film. She is based in Glasgow.

Eiko Soga is a London-based Japanese artist, lecturer, and researcher working with moving images, photography, poetry, and installation. Through her interdisciplinary projects, she explores the relationship between emotional and natural landscapes within the more-than-human world.