
The Final days of my MA
Yesterday I had my final assessment. This consisted of a Presentation and submission of a Report and Active Documentation (this BLOG) The dissolution of now, wilting into then Introduction This practice-led research draws upon photography as its fundamental discipline alongside printmaking to produce the outcomes for an installation. Sustained and creative exploration of the contextualisation of the dialogue between memory and photography has enabled creative outcomes from
Memory
Mapping the mind – Rita Carter Memory is many different things and each different type of memory is stored and retrieved in a different way. Memories consist of associations between a group of neurons such that when one fires they all fire, creating a specific pattern. This pattern remains encoded in the brain after the stimulation that originally gave rise to it has ceased. Memories form when a pattern is repeated frequently or in circumstances that encourage it to be encod

Review of progress to date
Tuesday 8th September Meeting with my supervisor This morning the partition wall has been put in place so it is now easier to judge how dark the space can be. The ‘Door’ is wider than I anticipated so, in terms of trialling the projection, it is still difficult to work out how much light will come in. It is important to me that I do not introduce any colour other than red and it is for that reason that the curtain over the door should be red also. In inviting the viewer to
Researching the subject of Memory
Moore, R. (2006) Hollis Frampton (nostalgia), Afterall, London “…the vast organism, which passes through all of us and through which we pass, called consciousness. The consciousness of the passing of time, the density, the sense that something will happen. […]Time is a name for something, which is a consciousness, which is a kind of irreducible condition of approaching, of being conscious of other things …”[1] p 5 incarnadine p 6 “ Nostalgia is customarily and by definition t