The session explored a potential of a performative design for artistic research. In the present case, the surrender of a private collection of diaries & documents to a public archive, as a transition from memory to fiction (aided by the performance of photogravure as a forensic investigation beyond the photograph), in portraying the life of a diplomat’s wife and international politics. Discussant—Geir Harald Samuelsen (Norway), Visual artist, PhD, associate professor, and researcher at the Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen. Leader and initiator of the artistic research project: Matter, Gesture, and Soul. Living in Oslo