Studio Practice
Final Project
Title TBD
2019
Lately, I've been thinking about the lack of documentation of my life and how that has affected the memories of my past. In the present, we live our lives in "linearity." The moments that we live through are experienced singularly and individually. When these moments are allocated into our memories, however, they can be jumbled and distorted -- nothing like the manner in which we've lived. In my project, I want to explore both sides of the "experience" timeline.
The process will be split into three parts: documentation, video, and installation. For the first part, I will be documenting my day's experiences similar to a journaling process. Thoughts, my surroundings, and other moments I mentally consume will be recorded onto A3 paper. Each front side of the paper defines one day. I will keep this paper with me at all times for 28 consecutive days, or 4 consecutive weeks. Once this part of the process is completed, I will start the video part of this project. The papers will be scanned for the individual elements on each page. Each element will then be converted into .png or vector files to use for the video. During the 28 days, I will also be logging every video I watch and use sound clips from each video. I will then compile everything into an abstract, non-linear video. The installation part is then essentially the presentation of this project. The papers will be hung together to mimic the format of a calendar. On one side of the paper screen, the documentation will be presented in a linear fashion. The other side will be blank to allow the projection of the video.
The creation of the video is the video's essence. While it's supposed to represent the conglomerate of memories that accumulates over time, it is also a product of the act of drawing from the past. By presenting the documented experiences and the video that serves as a platform for the passage of those experiences side by side, order and disorder are heightened. With this, I hope to showcase the essence of a short segment of my life and how it has descended to the depths of my mind.
