For my final chosen Idea I have to convey the theme of memory as a natural organic luxury that increases in value throughout time. To everyone we all have precious memories in certain times in our life's, whether they are embarrassing and hilarious moments on a night out with friends or cherishing special moments with family and loved ones, there all moments which we can relive again and go back to. However as we get older and encounter new experiences, new memories are born and old memories gradually fade away. So for my project I want to convey the theme of memory being a precious valuable asset that in time gradually fades away as new memories are born.
The Brain and retaining information (Research)
When you're in your 20s, you begin to lose brain cells a few at a time. Your body also starts to make less of the chemicals your brain cells need to work. The older you are, the more these changes can affect your memory. Aging may affect memory by changing the way the brain stores information and by making it harder to recall stored information. Your short-term and remote memories aren't usually affected by aging. But your recent memory may be affected. For example, may forget names of people you've met recently. These are normal changes.
What are some other causes of memory problems ?
Many things other than aging can cause memory problems. These include depression, dementia (severe problems with memory and thinking, such as Alzheimer's disease), side effects of drugs, strokes, head injury and alcoholism.
Information will quickly disappear forever unless we make a conscious effort to retain it, and short-term memory is a necessary step toward the next stage of retention, long-term memory. The transfer of information to long-term memory for more permanent storage can be facilitated or improved by mental repetition of the information or, even more effectively, by giving it a meaning and associating it with other previously acquired knowledge. Motivation is also a consideration, in that information relating to a subject of strong interest to a person, is more likely to be retained in long-term memory.
Triggering memories
Humans have memory triggers that set off very strong recollections of past experiences. A memory trigger can be a sound, a particular scent, or something you see that flashes you back into your past. These triggers cause you to relive long ago times so intensely, nothing else exists but the moment you are reliving. Memories relived so strongly, so vividly, you feel the same feelings you felt when the memory was born.
Things that trigger my own emotions and emotions
Back in secondary school I attended a camping trip about developing and building leadership skills. I giving a task in which I had to walk about mile down a path all by myself in the middle of the night which was pitch black. I was a little apprehensive and nervous at first but I had this one song in my head and I just kept repeating the song over and over again in my head which kept me occupied and forget and forget walking down a dark path all by myself in the middle of nowhere.
Now to this day every time I play this song all I cab think about is that time where I had to walk down that path.
This chain has a lot of sentimental value to me as it was given to me from my father, whenever I look at it or feel it I immediately have memories of my day when he used to pick me up and take me different places as child
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For some strange reason the smell of pasta sauce always makes me think of back when I was in primary school and when we get school dinners there was this pasta we used to have that just tasted amazing, I haven't had that pasta in over 10 years but I can still smell how it tasted like it just ate it 5 minutes ago
Concepts of memory through Art
Shimon attie writing on the wall
For The Writing on the Wall project, I slide projected portions of pre-war photographs of Jewish street in Berlin onto the same or nearby addresses today. By using slide projection on location, fragments of the past were thus introduced into the visual field of the present. Thus parts of long destroyed Jewish community life were visually simulated, momentarily recreated. The projections were visible to street traffic, neighborhood residents, and passersby. As much of my art practice is a marriage between photography and installation art, during the course of the installations, I photographed the projections.
Anne Turyn illustrated memories
An interview with novelist Anne Turyn is presented. When asked about if there is a possible thematic link to childhood in her photographs, and if these are autobiographical, Turyn says that those images are from a visual novel, titled "Illustrated Memories," which depicts a life through illustrated memories. She explains that a visual novel uses photographs instead of language to create more of an emotional resonance. She notes that she did not establish a plot to her visual narrative.
A Holocaust survivor's riveting testimony about life in the Warsaw ghetto and the brother she lost to the nazis blended with time lapsed images of her daughter painting a series of haunting portraits of that very boy--her uncle. This is the video portion of an art installation
This is a quite interesting art installing I came across, with this particular project the creator creatively reconnects us with a past memory he once shared and discusses the recurring emotions he feels when viewing an image of train tracks. I just find this quite fascination how when viewing certain images then can trigger memories of the past.
This definitely something I want to look in to further and potentially incorporate with my own project.
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