In the shuffle of getting from exhibit to exhibit, I managed to struggle into a door and realized immediately after that there was a giant open garage door right next to where I was standing. I flitted into 129 Tecumseth St and walked through the stark gallery. Greeted by a friendly gallery employee, I was briefed quickly on how the artists were sharing an exhibit with the theme of “found objects”. Memorandoms by James Nizam is a series of celebrated sculptures that showcase the use of furnishings and seemingly random pieces, as art.

In Memorandoms, James Nizam’s photographs focus on the former Little Mountain Housing Project–the oldest public housing development in Vancouver–recently demolished to make way for a higher-density combination of market condominiums and social housing. Over the course of several months, Nizam documented a series of ephemeral sculptures that he constructed from accumulations of remnants such as doors, drawers, shelves, and various other architectural furnishings. Within these images, the sculptural figure comes to life, introducing the idea that through the performance of transformative, memorializing gestures, loss can be reanimated with purpose and meaning.

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