Flea markets in Europe feature overwhelming amounts of domestic detritus. Family photographs, letters, fabric and handicrafts are displayed in disorganised piles, presenting a striking contrast to the carefully classified artefacts exhibited in museums. Such differences reveal a valuing of certain stories and an overlooking of others. Personal histories are embedded within the surfaces of found objects; the intimate, private nature of these items simultaneously reveal and conceal much about the people who once owned them.

Mausoleum was created from multiple photographs of anonymous women collected at flea markets, stitched together to form a large curtain of fabric. Printed digitally onto translucent fabric, layered and cut, the partially obscured, fragmented prints reflect the way in which found objects only tell us fragments of a story. Fabric, embroidery and portraits of women take up space in the gallery, highlighting the unseen labour of women and paying homage to the often overlooked domestic crafts. Mausoleum invites the audience to question why certain stories and objects are memorialised in museums while others are discarded.

Photography by Yang-En Hume