Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Artist Statement/Proposal
I want to explore a more in depth look at synthetic or false memories, which occur when there is a failure with the memory recall system of the brain. When this happens, memories are formed by reconstructing fragments of information that actually happened and filling in the missing pieces with estimates.
For the final video, I plan to create an experience for the viewer that will travel through the memory of a single person. It will include and shift between still photographs and video of specific events in that person's memory. As time goes on, the photographs will become fragmented and rearranged. This will represent the synthetic elements of memory that we tend to create to give our own memories the illusion of continuity. The video elements will be used to symbolize accurate representations of the memory, but the rearrangement and reconstruction of photographs will question the accuracy of the memories.
