The project “Memory/Transformation” is an artist’s zine that explores the intergenerational transmission of trauma, examining the ways memories, emotional experiences and behavioural patterns are passed from one generation to the next. The work considers the relationship between personal and collective memory, as well as the ways past experiences change and transform over time.

Its central visual motif is an abstract representation of lace, used as a symbol of heritage, family stories and tradition. Rather than appearing as a perfect decorative structure, the lace is shown as damaged, fragmented and imperfect. These irregularities suggest traces of trauma and emotional burdens carried across generations.
The graphic elements were created using a combination of linocut, drypoint, stencil and screen-printing techniques. The handmade production process allows for variations and imperfections, which become an essential part of the work and present memory as something mutable, layered and never entirely the same. Original poetry further deepens the themes of inheritance and inner experience, while the irregular typography preserves the trace of human gesture and the making process itself.
The zine is printed on Japanese paper, chosen for its texture and delicacy, while a magnetic binding allows the pages to be moved and separated. In this way, the pages become independent graphic objects, and the form of the zine itself gains the potential for transformation.