WHO REMEMBERS WAYNE?

‘Who Remembers Wayne?’ by Sandy Gibbs, 2005

My work explores ideas around identity and gender, what it is that marks who we are and where we fit.

The ‘Wayne’ work grew out of wondering if a person’s identity could be
re-created from other peoples’ recollections of him and where he fitted in their lives.

Over a long weekend, and unannounced, I visited old friends with my video camera and a piece of folded white paper which I unfolded and pinned on the wall behind them. I asked everyone that same question: What do you remember about Wayne?

Wayne was my ex-husband and none of us have seen him for 15 years.