Alma Siberov

My degree project explores sentimental value, how people often attach memories and relationships to objects, and how these shape one’s sense of identity and security.

I have long struggled to let go of things. As long as they remain, so do the memories.

I collect almost everything, afraid of releasing my grip. What if I regret it? When I was fourteen, I took my grandmother’s gold charms to the pawnshop.

The things I use start to break. And when they do, I no longer dare to take them out.

I try to preserve what matters. Through casting, I create copies, an insurance against loss. But still, it feels like something is missing. They have become shadows, inauthentic. Perhaps I can never truly control that elusive feeling; the sense that something is slipping away from me.