Michael Jarrell

Mémoires

It was after reading the brief testimony reproduced below, that I had the idea of writing Mémoires. This rather private memory reflects a completely different reality from that found in history books. It is the discrepancy between an individual experience and a collective experience that is the basis for this piece. To try to express this difference, I chose to juxtapose this testimony with certain excerpts from the extremely beautiful Liber ecclesiastes. This text foresees and explains everything. This detachment, this timelessness contrasts with a destiny where an instant can change and imprint a life.Mémoires is dedicated to my very dear friends, Hanz Lenz and Theresa Affolter.Michael Jarrell