These photograms are a representation of the individual objects and photographic memories of each participant. They create a space to consider how our unique connections to objects activate our working memory, and how that process of recollection is often overlooked in daily life.

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In these images, recollection is used as a method of meditation and growth, which is vitally important to fully experience and embrace moments passed. The function of utilizing tactile and recognizable items is to provide a space for viewers to rest and reflect.  It is a space inviting onlookers to recall their own experiences while viewing the work. By including other participants and utilizing their memory objects and photos, this work gains a wider scope of what memory looks like. This adds a function of affirmation to these unique and private memory worlds, which often only apply to the individual.

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This title, After Image, is a nod to the paper's ability to remember. The images it is witness to appear in a blurry imperfect manner much like the afterimage that remains in reaction to light when we close our eyes. 

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The creation process in the darkroom is experiential and highly instinctive. In a dark space, the construction of the images requires the artist to feel and connect with the objects tactically before placing them onto the page to be imprinted as evidence. The responsibility of recollection has largely been handed over to smartphones as they click away photos in a limitless fashion. By often using the screen of the phone as a light source, this work is a tactile transfer of that responsibility back into the real world within a physical form. This is a slower, more considered approach to the casual objects we seek comfort in.

 

These images are a validation of memory tools to aid in pausing and remembering often.