Deborah Aschheim (born 1964) is an American new media artist. She has exhibited her work internationally, in the United States and in Europe. She is best known for her exhibition ''Involuntary Memories''. Her work includes video sculptures and focuses on memory, memory loss, and place. She describes her work as an attempt to understand memory from both a personal and emotional perspective. Her work was included in an exhibition at the Suyama Space in Seattle in 2013. Aschheim was a 2007 Artist-in-Residence at the

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in Charlotte, NC.

Education

Aschheim graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology with Honors and Studio Art from

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in 1986, and a MFA in Sculpture from the

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in 1990.

''Involuntary Memories''

Aschheim’s ''Involuntary Memories'' is a unique installation that utilizes several different art forms including drawings, sculptures, artifacts, and interviews completed in 2011-2012 at the

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(formerly known as the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro). The piece focuses on the relationships that people who lived during the

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era now have with the period nearly 40 years later. For this piece, Aschheim chose to create original works of art in the form of sculptures and drawings gaining inspiration mainly from

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’s Archives and Special Collections. She then used these creations and added the text from the interviews she conducted in her open studio. The interviews showed both sides of the anti- and pro-war arguments during this era. There was also a video played by Penny Lane and Brian Frye that showcased a few excerpts from ''The Silent Majority: Super 8 Home Movies from the Nixon White House''. Penny Lane and Brian Frye also produced a video titled “''Our Nixon''” which used archival footage of home movies by Nixon staffers. Meg Linton also wrote an intro for the exhibition. Indre Viskonta also wrote an essay regarding the piece. ''Involuntary Memories'' was an installation piece in Great Park Art Gallery, Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California 2013.

References

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