REFLECTIONS: Memories and Identity
After thinking carefully on how to add to my photography project, i've decided that i want to show the importance of memories in general, and how our memories define who we are.
As i was researching the subject, i came across "THE ART OF IDENTITY: MEMORY AS THE MAKER" by Allison Keeley, and i really liked the introduction to the article:
So... what physically defines a person? The most obvious answer is his features, and more specifically his facial features: Mouth, Nose, Eyes, etc...
What if i separated the person's defining facial features from his actual physical body, much like the separation of memories and physical existence to further show how these two are linked, and how if they are separated they will look bizarre and strange.
After digging in to how other people have withheld facial features from photographs, i really liked Quentin Arnaud's approach in his series "Shape":
As i was researching the subject, i came across "THE ART OF IDENTITY: MEMORY AS THE MAKER" by Allison Keeley, and i really liked the introduction to the article:
"Memory is identity. I have believed this since… oh, since I can remember. You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life, you cease to be, even before death."To incorporate this in to the presentation style i've come up with (found here: http://tdoukinitsas.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/reflections-photography-project.html), i believe that i should somehow separate the memories from the person in the portrait.
What if i separated the person's defining facial features from his actual physical body, much like the separation of memories and physical existence to further show how these two are linked, and how if they are separated they will look bizarre and strange.
After digging in to how other people have withheld facial features from photographs, i really liked Quentin Arnaud's approach in his series "Shape":
I'm thinking of using a similar technique of backlighting to achieve a similar effect.
Also, for the 4 memories i want to do the complete opposite, present memories from the person's life but only using faces and nothing else.
Also i believe that i need to talk with others to see if i should use black and white or color, or even a mix of both.
Also, for the 4 memories i want to do the complete opposite, present memories from the person's life but only using faces and nothing else.
Also i believe that i need to talk with others to see if i should use black and white or color, or even a mix of both.
I assume you have been too busy with the film to have made much progress since the last tutorial. Just to reiterate that you should consider how you can interpret the theme of memory in a more universal way and beyond 'the self' or identity as we looked at last year. Try and widen out research as suggested in the c&p from the project brief...
ReplyDeleteThis could be through its relationship to the archive – the images, films, objects, documents and traces through which we recall and revisit individual and shared memories and histories. You could also consider or imagine possible futures and how these may link to the present and the past. For example you could choose to examine life cycles: replenishment or regeneration, the old constantly being replaced by the new, or even the young usurping the old. From seed to harvest, a cake baked and eaten, the repurposing of old things into new, the passing of genes to new generations and so on. The possibilities are endless.