Assignment 1

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WHAT I REMEMBER
210mm x 297mm
Ink on transparency

Our childhood experiences play a formative role in creating who we are; it influences our decisions and can have a huge impact on the later part of our lives. It is the significant moment of being able to try everything for the first time, where there is room for trial, error and exploration.

In a spate of self-awareness, it dawned upon me that I was struggling with the recollection of my childhood memories. As a means of self-expression, I wanted to convey my thoughts and emotions of these significant milestones through the exploration of movements. Using transparency & light as my medium to play with the idea of “fading memories”, I intend to immerse viewers in the projection of my memories.

I purposefully hung the transparencies lower than the comfortable height for viewers with the intention of making them lift up the work to take a closer look at it.

I was discussing my project with my classmate, Acid, at a half-lit ADM at 2am one day, when she showed me an effect against a dark corner of the wall. She shined a flashlight at the transparencies, making a projection on the wall. It was then that I realised that the effect was blurrier than what was seen on the translucency and could serve as a representation of “fading memories”. I also decided then that this was how I wanted to present my project. It is more interactive for viewers and hopefully will make them to think more about the deeper meaning behind the image.

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I tried printing out the photos on different mediums for final submission. I felt like the paper base could make a huge difference in enhancing the experience of the photography project.

Printed on paper with home inkjet printer, white space cut out to test the contrast of the paper against the wall as a background.

Printed on transparency with home inkjet printer to test out the effect.

Printed on matte photo paper with home inkjet printer.

Printed on transparency and layered over a mix of coloured translucent paper to test effects of colour on the print.

After trying to print on the few mediums that I had at home, I decided to finalise with printing on transparency. I feel like the use of transparency could open the door for a wide range of effects because of the opacity of translucent printed on transparent. I also felt like the transparency could represent the act of “vulnerability” in showing my past to the world, in the sense of me being transparent about my life events.

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Some examples of scanography found in zines:

Using objects to create patterns

Using layers of paper

Using motion & abstraction

I feel that motion & abstraction can be interesting as it does not distract the viewer from the subject matter (image), but brings more attention to certain areas of the photo that the creator might want to emphasise on. In the example shown above, it is also very emotive & expressive although there is a lack of colour. Hope all goes well!