Diana Abouchacra
What Remains Tied: Bound in Belonging

Exhibition Dates: February 8 - April 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 8, 1-3pm

Art making is an intuitive exploration for me, a way to investigate memory and process emotions. Themes of belonging, ephemerality, multiplicity, and transformation recur throughout my work. Repetition and layering act as both process and structure, creating a meditative, reflective rhythm. In my practice, I examine how moments of interaction can be translated into tangible form and how process and method generate expanded meaning. 

What Remains Tied, Bound in Belonging is an installation that explores the relationship between emotion, memory, and belonging — how these elements shift over time and become intertwined with our present experiences. 

Hanging from the ceiling are long spiral twist ties inspired by my discovery of bread ties from my late mother’s kitchen drawer. Collected from family, friends, and newly gathered sources, these ties function as material traces of memory and feeling, made tangible through their form and varied colors. Made into long spiral coils - what I refer to as “memory ties’ - their structure suggests continuation, growth, and interconnectedness.

While audio echoes throughout the space, home videos of my childhood project across the room, fragmented by suspended paper rolls, fabric, and memory ties. The resulting moving images reflect the subjective nature of memory, some moments resurface vividly while others soften or fade away. The installation becomes a site of accumulation, suggesting that wholeness and belonging are not found intact but gradually built - layered over time.