Lens based media: Future memories (1)

Memories within my environment

The post it notes on my wall (Bible passages)

      

My youngest sister in her bed reading a book

The view from my bedroom window (street light)

My view of my room when the lights are off

My front door- key hole and door bell

My messy desk

My broken radiator

My house phone

My attic door

My staircase

     I chose the image of my staircase to redraw onto an A1 sheet because I have mixed memories attached to it. Such as the numerous times my siblings and I have fallen down the stairs. On such occasions obviously I feel a lot a pain but I have to laugh at the same time. I feel like these memories are of a lot of importance because I’ve learnt a lot of life lessons from them. I know how to laugh at myself in any situation. I also tend to use my stairs as a place of reflection as I am able to sit and think. (usually peacefully)  

Image redrawn onto A1 sheet- 1hr 30mins

Whilst drawing on a bigger scale I realised that there are a lot of features I have never noticed which is interesting considering I walk up and down these stairs daily. I like the final drawn image however I also noticed that due to not spending a lot of time in considering what is included in the frame I have a lot of negative space.

I initially cropped and reworked the images with sheets of paper to conceal the negative space however, as I progressed I began considering how meaning and interpretation can change depending on what I choose to reveal/hide. I considered the most important aspect of the image to be the stairs themselves- the steps to be specific therefore I focused on exploring how much I could change. I felt that what I ended up with was successful because although they are from the same source they could be interpreted in a completely different manner. 

                          

Original images to represent how different frames work

Jump

Echo

Fall

Sad

Happy

Crush

I found this task slightly difficult because for all of the words, whether or not you think a specific word is represented in an image is down to perspective. For example, I consider the yellow leaf on the concrete to represent sadness however another individual might consider it to be happiness. In order to get a better result, my images could be improved if instead of using different ones I stuck to one single image and added/ removed different elements to suit each word.