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.
This is some next level overkill. Awesomeness