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Recently ive been working for ramsgate based artist karen vost, her work mainly involves lightboxes inspired by the advent of the photobooth and the stories from that time. Having helped out with the production and marketing of these pieces ive become inspired to experiment with creating a lightbox of my own.I love the way lightboxes add so much life to an image and feel this could work nicely with the kind of imagery im planning to create.

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Week 5

This week ive experimented with collages, combining ink transfer with textile elements. I did a small test shoot with one of the interviewees and produced two shameless using the shots and her response. Next i want to try the collages on different medias like, card and china i think the results could be interesting to see. Ive also come across artist katerine de blauwer, shes a collage artist who uses found imagery from old magazines to create collages with narratives, her style is minimalistic and her colour palette is mainly muted tones. Im going to be taking inspiration from de blauwer in my upcoming collages.

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Week 2

This week ive  I planned to take a trip to Margate to visit Emin's neon sign she gifted. Margate being a place I spent a lot of my childhood I found some more inspiration upon my visit. I myself have lots of memories growing up  on its beaches and in its seafront cafes. It made me begin to think about how I could use my personal experience as a resource to put my findings to the test. Looking at how my environment and experiences have influenced who I am today. This inspired me to begin to note down and photograph details of my hometown to compile into a moodboard to use as inspiration for my first shoot. This week ive come across artist stephen gill, i was intrigued by his style of photo manipulation as well as the documentary element of his work im going to be including similar kinds of approaches in my upcoming experiments.

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Week 6

This week ive began planning my next shoot, using the material from the interviews im going to be creating a shoot in response to the interviewees answers. Its going to be shot in ramsgate, focusing on the smaller details which are significant to the interviewee. For this shoot im going to be testing out using a manual film camera for the first time, i want to experiment with the double exposure technique. Im going to be location scouting at the end of this week around the town.

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notes on 'Why I never became a dancer' - Tracy emin 

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notes on 'Why I never became a dancer' - Tracy emin 

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Monologue starting at her childhood through to her adolescence,sort of dream like super eight nostalgic golden hues, Very nostalgic feels perhaps incorporate some sort of diaristic qualities into my outcome,I really liked this home video format emin used in this film, I feel like this format illustrates the quintessential qualities of margate well ,light dreamy subject matter contrasting the darker subject matter of the monologue perhaps representing the different layers of her experience in margate, I feel like this is as much a portrait of her home town as it is of her i could perhaps take inspiration from this technique to help display the relationship between my two subjects - visual portrait of the people and places of my memory and then pair with an audio mixing all the different sounds of my upbringing - i.e waves crashing, cafe conversations, train announcements , similar to Babara Meters - ‘A Touch’,could incorporate still imagery as well as moving image perhaps old photographs or memorabilia from the places or things in video (could be drawings + photos + tickets etc etc)

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I really like Holly's final piece and I am looking forward to seeing it's end result and how she will present this. I like how she developed it with texture and mix media, this helps support translating her past research into the final outcome. It wraps up the project successfully. I'd like to see her include more than just one or two images, I feel as though with her project being about traces of memory - it would make sense if there were multiple images representing the multiple fragments of our memories. If that makes sense? I also loved her darkroom experiment, with it being inverted.

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I really like how Holly has been exploring mix media. Especially her textiles ink transfer experiment. The detailing and texture is not only aesthetically pleasing but rather quite entrancing. I especially love the little earring outline she stitched. It all ties in together in a satisyfing way. I feel as though holly's ideas are translated into her work that is recongisable, she accurately portrays her plans. Another piece I love is an image she took on film, which includes the subject holding chips. I like this piece because it's like a representation of a hazey memory. It's rather comforting. I'd love to see her connect two seperate experiments together, like her film imagery and textiles.

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I particularly adore the way Holly composes her sketchbook pages. There is a theme that continues throughout, which I believe is important as an artist to be recongisable. Her imagery introduces the beginning of her project beautifully, there is a comforting aura that sits with it. Especially her landscapes on film, very nostalgic. I also like her range of proffessional practices and techniques. I would love to perhaps see more drawings, from these images or even incorporated with the image.

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Week 10

Having completed the shoot ive made a few different experiments to test out which would be best suited to the lightbox. Firstly i tried out photo manipulation using fire, i burnt sections of the images and collaged them in the photo scanner ,i was pleased witht he end results but felt i could develop this idea further. I then tried out darkroom printing, i printed the burnt imagery onto acetate and created a series of collages using the light sensitive paper, i put a few of these onto photo shop and played around with the colouring. I really liked the outcome of the darkroom prints however because the paper i used was rather small to enlarge them onto the size of the lightbox th quality wouldntve been very good so ive decided to use one of the earlier collages and have the darkroom experiments hanging up beside th lightbox as prints. I sourced the lightbox from my boss and spray painted it black, i printed the collage at the print bureau and glued onto the final piece.

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Week 8

Recently ive started working as an assistant for an artist, her work is mainly in the form of lightboxes and its centered around significant historical figures. Its inspired me to consider creating my own lightbox for my final piece but instead of illuminating just one image having a collage. In the lead up to the final weeks ive been researching locations for my final shoot, dover was one of the first that came to mind. I was having a conversation with a friend and she reminded me of how many memories are in the cliffs and rockpools of dover it made me think of visiting to see if it would be suited for a shoot.

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Week 7

Having done the shoot this week ive been editing the series of images, it being my first time using a manual camera some of the photographs came out heavily underexposed so im in the process of mending those. Im pleased with the outcome and am brainstorming some experiments to do later in the week, id like to develop the collages i did last week as i feel theres lots of room for experimentation with mixed media collages. Perhaps ill try some darkroom acetate prints as i remeber really enjoying the outcomes in my lens based rotation earlier this year.

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Week 4

This week i completed my shoot, I focused mainly on keeping a neutral colour palette, greys, browns , washed out blues. I knew how different each location sometimes was to another so I thought I'd keep some consistency through a distinct colour scheme, one that reflects the town as a whole. I plan to take a couple of the photographs into the darkroom and play around with acetate overlay prints. I'd also like to manipulate the film strip perhaps using alchol or fire. Something that wears down the emulsion in a way that lightens or manipulates the subject matter to portray time's effect on memories.

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Week 3

This week i was introduced to a photo printing technique called ink transfer, Using acetone on a printed photograph you can transfer the ink onto different medias. I want to experiment with this after my upcoming shoot, this weeks shoot is centred around my hometown and the places and details which are to me significant. Taking inspiration from photographer stephen gill im looking to emulate a similar neutral soft toned colour palette, this also i feel matches the nostalgic fel im going for.

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Week 1 evaluation

This week I've been looking to literary sources for inspiration. Identity and memory are two topics which are common areas of interest across many different fields from philosophy to fine art. There being such a wide range of material available I decided to begin by using ‘selfie’ by will storr as a starting point. It's a condensed history of the self and human behaviour, it touches on the sociological, evolutionary and economical elements that factor into the making of who we are. After I read through I felt ,similar to in selfie, it would make the most sense to order my research chronologically the start being childhood and individual upbringing. Whilst looking for artists focused on this period of time i was reminded of tracy emin's photo album series, a simple idea with a minimalistic format collaged into a personalised map of her past.

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I liked the original print but wanted to experiment with some different styles in photoshop. I inverted the colouring and found i preferred the print like this, i think with the imagery the lighter negative space and contrast works a lot better.

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I wanted to incorporate some elements more focused on the identity of the subject, i started including some of her jewellry, i liked how the way the necklace behaved sort of produced similar shapes to the burnt sections.

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For my final shoot I'm going to be taking elements such as the colour palette and shooting style from my previous

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I loved how hes softened theses pi

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Emins 'photoalbum' series has always been one of my favourites of her works, its a simple idea with a very minimalistic composition however er unique stylings is still showing through. I felt researching this series would be well suited to my project, its abstract presentation seems like a great representation of the fragmentary nature of memory. Ive taken lots of inspiration from emin in past projects, fundamentally i think identity and memory are two themes she is interested in.

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My aim for these interviews was to explore the individuals relationship with their hometown and how they feel their past has manifested itself through who they are today.

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I wanted to experiment with multi media collage incorporating the ink transfer technique, taking inspiration from de blauwer for the composition but adding textile elements.

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In my first attempt with this print the details like the window frames and balconies didnt really pick up on the paper so i decided to put the image back into photoshop to increase the contrast to ensure everything would transfer clearly.

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I felt the tones in the raw image were quite dull so on photoshop I enhanced the saturation by 20% to bring out the deeper colours like the blues and browns and then increased the contrast by 15% to ensure the details would transfer clearly.

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After a doing a couple of prints I found that the details in the images were not showing up as clearly as I wouldve liked, I uploaded the images back into photoshop to enhance the contrast and slightly posterise to ensure the highlights and shadows on the details were stark.

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This was a print outcome after using the original transfers image again, 

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the result was interesting, because of the lack of ink remaining it produced this faded blotchy effect. I quite liked the outcome ,it was what I was originally going for, this effect works well with the

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For my short film I want to encapsulate the forgotten links between my memory and identity ,rather than focusing on obviously significant places such as an old school or home ,highlighting the smaller aspects that have factored into my growth unconsciously. Most probably not immediately obvious of the significance or story behind (similar to Ennis neon signs- taking one small piece of the story to act as the symbol) .I’m going to overlay the imagery with found sounds of mine from my visit.

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Start of walking around Ramsgate for inspiration perhaps go to the harbour mainly sea front, bus stops, beaches, benches , parks ,corner shops etc etc.

- Focus on details as opposed to entire scenes, trying to emulate the feeling of fleeting memory and unclear significance of subject matter on my identity .Details such as traces of life ,graffiti, marks in the grass from walking the same path mementos stuff etc etc

-Collect some found sounds along the way to add to board for some inspiration for final , examples could be sea,waves crashing,bus stop sounds + chatter, seagulls etc et

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Today I decided to go and have a look around Margate and visit Tracy Emin's neon sign she gifted. My main reason for visiting was to see her piece however Margate being a place i spent a lot of my childhood i found some more inspiration upon my visit. I myself have lots of memories growing up  on its beaches and in its seafront cafes. It made me begin to think about how I could use my personal experience as a resource to put my findings to the test. Looking at how my environment and experiences have influenced who I am today. As the day went on I decided to have a look around the charity shops in the old town. I found boxes and boxes of old school photographs, engraved jewellery and letters. It made me wonder firstly why these personal belongings had been abandoned by their owners then also why they were being sold to strangers and why strangers would perhaps want to buy them. The idea of discarding personal mementos to be sold on to another

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Having made a couple of basic prints i felt it grasped the technique and decided i wanted to experiment with collaging multiple. Initially my idea was to create multi media collages and seeing how the ink would behave on different medias and textures .This print was made from the previous image transfers so the ink coverage was slightly faded and lighter which i liked.

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For this shoot I decided to walk around Ramsgate, a place where I've spent the majority of my childhood, and document all the locations which hold significance whether that be just my local bus stop or the now changed landscapes. I still spend lots of my time in Ramsgate ,passing these places often. Though taking the time to stop and look closely at the locations I discovered how much of this town was just held up by my memory of it, many of the places I had noted down to visit were so different from my recollection. It made me think about how these features I attribute parts of my identity to are not how they seem. The town or the school or the music are the subjects which we owe our memory to, however what gives it its significance is what it turns into when looking at it retrospectively. The past always is dealt with much more tenderness, viewed through rose tinted glasses, memories sometimes seem to hold more weight than the experience. I think the true significance lies in the piece of these experiences which has remained through all that came after, were malleable to experiences and with changing environment, social circles etc will come new memories thus new additions to our identities.

I focused mainly on keeping a neutral colour palette, greys, browns , washed out blues. I knew how different each location sometimes was to another so I thought I'd keep some consistency through a distinct colour scheme, one that reflects the town as a whole. I plan to take a couple of the photographs into the darkroom and play around with acetate overlay prints. I'd also like to manipulate the film strip perhaps using alchol or fire. Something that wears down the emulsion in a way that lightens or manipulates the subject matter to portray time's effect on memories.

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I felt this piece was well suited to my study as it feels shes frozen a moment in time ,that not just being the state of the bed but the person she was at that moment. Playing around with this idea that our environments are reflections of ourselves.

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As i began trying to compile materials to research for this project i was reminded of a ‘Selfie’ by will storr, in this book storr investigates the west's growing obsession of the self. I thought this book was greatly suited to the identity aspect of my research .This investigation starts in the tribal times looking at primitive human behaviour then through to the modern ‘digital age’, this inspired me to structure my project in a similar way - my project developing alongside the different stages of memory/identity. The book covers the idea of a self from all different angles, using a multitude of psychological, economical , anthropological and even anecdotal research he paints a great picture of why and how we got to this point. In an interview with professor hood of the university of bristol he found , ‘At its simplest, a self is a way we can make sense of the things that happen to us’ They then went on to discuss the idea of the ‘looking glass self’ which is the theory that around the age of two when developing our identities or a sense of self we begin to the look at the world around us and the people and how they treat us then build from there. Backed up by Charles Cooleys ‘I am not what i think i am and i am not what you think i am; i am what i think you think i am”. This was a great starting point into thinking about the scale of how our memories impact on our identities, probing me to think about which held more power over our formation of our self - the things that we experience or the way in which we regard them. It seems to be a somewhat ‘ which came first the chicken or the egg’ situation - we first experience and then judge however how we judge is determined before we experience.