FINISHED Statement Of Intent.

Section One- Your Final Major Project

The title of my Final Major Project collection is “These Faded Memories”. Within this project I am aiming towards producing a body of work that evolves around the ideas of deterioration of existence and the ideas of memory that are interlinked. I am hoping to create a realised, final installation piece that contextualises the domestic environment and our individual understanding and relationships with these places. Ideologies from my work during the Pathway Stage shall be carried further into the final project; the idea of personal empathy towards individual experiences of the past and our own memories of childhood through photographic documentation and the ephemera that surrounds it. A key element within my project is also the idea that my memories are my own; the audience takes their own view, understanding and perspective, whilst I know truth amongst the unknown, but it is an identity I do not wish to share. Interpretation and connotation are the basis of significance that surrounds this body of work.

Section Two- Influences, Research, Sources and Ideas

Artists and photographers that work with the ideas of identity, memory and existence have been the main influence for the ideas of my final project; Christian Boltanski, Richard Billingham and Thomas Rodgers are key to the links between produced work, and my own ideas and intentions. I have however also looked into contextual theories such as those of Sigmund Freud and Ilya Kabakov; Freud’s work into the theory of the uncanny is directly relatable to the work throughout this project. I also plan to visit locations such as IKEA, show homes and neighbour/relatives homes to collect imagery of the domestic environment; past and present.

Section Three- Techniques, Processes, and Timescale

My intention throughout this project is to utilise found objects, to experiment with their own history and contextual concept within my work. The idea that using the readymade from my own life and childhood, already creates an idea of the pieces becoming ephemera, juxtaposing with the impression of the permanence of a photograph. I also plan to experiment into the editing of photographs which is a crucial part of the idea of fading within the memory, alongside framing and adding to the indication of a homely, domestic feel. The timescale reflects a realistic, set out plan within six weeks to achieve the greatest input and output of work.

Section Four- Method of Evaluation

Analysis of the Final Major Project shall come from the reviews during group critiques as well as any other given opinions which I shall record in my sketchbooks. I will look into the analysis of the overall aesthetic, as well as individual aspects of the work(s) in terms of technique, composition, framing, and spatial awareness within the exhibition. Throughout the project I intend to take photographs and annotate the current successes and failures within each phase of the timescale, in order to relate back to the referenced work of both artists and contextual theories. This proposal will help with my overall review of the project and from here will be able to determine success and articulate the areas in which could be improved upon.