Everything I’ve Ever Known explores the realm of personal nostalgia, evolving into a curated investigation of collective memory and shared cultural experiences. Through archival curation and imaginative reconstruction, Madelyn’s work endeavors to highlight the interaction between past and present, memory and emotion, within the tapestry of human experience. With thin vintage gold frames showing childhood homes and McDonald's Happy Meal Toys scattered around, she would like the viewer to enter her landscape-like installation and see what my collection may unlock inside them. Maybe it's an old toy they forgot they had, a slightly embarrassing memory with an old friend, or a birthday party one year at the local roller rink. Everything I’ve Ever Known is a curated time capsule made to honor the enduring bonds and memories forged in youth.