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Memory Generator v1.1 The squiggly lines represent light trails, acting as tendrils or receptors that gather information from the surrounding environment.

Another stills project? Prepare for lots of experiments and posts n stuff.

My initial idea is to continue the theme of a 'memory box', that allows the wearer to look into their own memories, only they cannot control what memories pop up. However, I want to change this idea slightly and turn the 'memory box' into a 'memory creator' with the power to extract data from the environment around the subject and manipulate the reality around them into something more pleasant, perhaps being a statement on the influence of new technologies onto our everyday perception of the world.

I want to experiment with long exposures to create multiple light trails, smoke effects, different kinds of lighting, green screen and different types of coloured light to create new effects. I will be sure to update you as these experiments happen.

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BUT FIRST....research...

I didn't know where to start, so knowing the theme was 'memory' I simply searched 'memory art' and I have to say, I got some interesting results.




I came across a work by David Szauder titled 'Failed Memories'. In this gallery, Szauder takes old past-time and historical portraits and distorts them using data scrambling techniques such as pixel sorting. In doing this, Szauder draws a parallel between the passing of time and the deterioration of memories. This piece of art, although quite dissimilar from my initial idea stuck out to me as my Grandmother has dementia, and so this resonates with my own experience of the deterioration of memories.

This is an interesting concept, and I experimented slightly with this technique in my last portrait project (bottom right). I feel like this technique would be a fantastic back up plan if the other one goes south.


HP SOURCE:
David Szauder: behance.net/pixel_noizz