Architecture of Memory
Elena Gorn
2025
"Architecture of Memory" is my artist book — a personal journal of material, color, and process exploration. Unlike working on canvas, where the result often matters, this is a space where I allow myself to simply be in the process — without a goal, but with full attention.
I work with acrylic, Mediterranean sand, natural pigments, different types of paper, and tracing paper. I observe how each material behaves, how it interacts, how gesture and texture shift depending on the surface, the palette, or the mood.
This journal helps me see more — more nuance, more tone, more unexpected possibilities that often remain hidden in finished work. It’s a space for trial, error, discovery, and rhythm.
For me, this is a practice of presence. It’s not about the painting — it’s about inner movement, about touch, about sensing. I record with color, with texture, with mark — to understand, to feel, to remember.
- Copies: 1
- Pages: 96
- Dimensions (cm): 12x12
- Publication: Architecture of Memory
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv
- Book photography: Elena Gorn
Elena Gorn (b. 1978) is a visual artist based in Israel. After over 15 years in graphic design, she transitioned into contemporary painting. Her minimalist works use acrylic, natural pigments, and Mediterranean sand to explore memory, silence, and material gesture.


