Mirroring images

Having visited the Venice Biennale, I saw an artist used mirrors in his work, where you could only see a blank page but when you looked in the mirror you could see the image. I felt I could incorporate this into my work as I felt it show the difficulty in trying to remember things, and things mostly appearing blank to someone suffering with Alseihemers disease.

Filter Paper Experiments

Paper Chromatography process - water filters through paper causing dyes of the ink to bleed out...I feel this technique is like memories bleeding away.

Drypoints

using the technique of fading to show alzeihemers disease

Destroying Memories

using nail varnish remover to destroy the image on a photograph

Photocopying Experiments

I began photocopying photocopies to show how memories deteriorate.

Old Photographs - Memories

I began searching for old photograph, some my memories and some my Granny's, and began rephotographing them in an effort to recapture memories. I am currently researching Appropriation artists like Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince who deals with nostalgia.

Third Year

This year, for my project,  I want to explore how important memories are as part of a person's identity. Everyone's memories are unique to each person. If you lose the memories, you lose your sense of identity. Many of my memories growing up involve growing up on the farm and my granny. My granny, who was an important person in my family's lifes, developed Alzeihemers disease in her early 60s and a result ended up with no memories of her husband, children, grandchildren, friend, the farm or her sense of self. Because of this, the concept of memories and identity has an important resonance for my project, as both memories of growing up on the farm and the effect of Alzeihemers disease on my Granny's memories and identity are intertwined.