Exposing Shadows

Researching the possibilities and the limits of the archive, I try to reveal the figure of my ancestor, to haunt my own identity. By positioning myself in the role of an archivist different questions appeared on the conception of history by the action of the archive, the Belgian colonial past, and the forces implied in the archive and on personal and national identity. My research brought me to face Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude’s shadow altered by time and space.