Film Progress

I feel that my films are developing into more than originally intended, while I have been spending hours watching footage I have recorded in Braintree, Chelmsford and London, I have become more aware of important physical moments that we don’t notice in real life. It wouldn’t be reasonable of us to expect to notice as everyone is getting on with what concerns them and we tend to not notice other people on a day to day basis. Physical happenings such as chatting face to face, a hug goodbye, a hug hello- generally the things that we take for granted.

Of course we still chat, now though, this interaction with a friend is all too often carried out by text or publicly by social media-usually whilst carrying out other tasks so as it doesn’t hold us up or take up too much time ,  losing the intimacy of personal contact.

Just a thought.

Happy

Sometimes I think we post about our lives, maybe to show off-but more than likely it’s to confirm to others that we are happy. Maybe we feel it is important to make sure others know this-in case they doubted our happiness.

But maybe we are doubting it ourselves and it’s ourselves we are reassuring!

More Than Just A Public Space…..

In today’s age of constant online documenting and internet connection, everywhere now counts as a public space-we are always seeking someones attention or expected to immediately respond to the needs of others.

As well as the issues of what we inadvertently reveal in our online life documenting, comes the pressures of how we respond to the posts of those we are connected to.

Outlook

Is our primary view of the world the one which we see through our devices? Is the impression we give of ourselves the one formed by others from our online presence?

Not Real….

We have become dependent on our devices as a way to keep us always connected to the rest of the world. We have no time to think about responses anymore and our contacts in many cases expect immediate responses to things that can generally wait.

I am experimenting with ways to create a tactile representation of our devices which is not real but holds a piece of real information.
This experiment is lino print on wood with newspaper.

#wakeupandsmellthecoffee (cont’d)

#wakeupandsmellthecoffee

I want to demonstrate how the digital documenting of our lives using online social media sites is infiltrating and even dictating how we live out our life in real time. It disturbs me.

Selfie

I have been investigating the trend in our culture today which requires us to be photo ready and the self obsession this brings with it. Perceived realities are getting somewhat confused with the realities we are likely to experience, as society is influenced by and taking inspiration from sources such as celebrity culture and reality television instead of learning to be true to themselves.
My selfie represents a moment of reflection, breath of reality,  a rare half a second of solitude in a society in which we are put under constant pressure to be perfect.

Devices

Selfie on my mobile phone-Lino prints

Mixed Media

 

Sometimes we can be too full of our own importance to hear what really matters.