Abstract
Using storytelling as a tool to weave the contextual, tactile, and unspoken text into a cohesive visual narrative, MEMORY is ongoing project encompassing the layering of visual information (images, text, screen shots, illustrations) to (re)interpret time, place, and memory. Fragmenting the whole, using micro-seconds of an event or isolating an episode out of a larger experience and filtering surrounding information, the conceptual process of abstraction begins to evoke particular reaction and set of emotion. Visual language and layers of interpretation attempt to bring the failing memory back to the viewer. By removing irrelevant, indistinct content and overlaying personal narratives, the visual storytelling explores the boundary of imaginary lines of time-space-event. While the narrative could be simple and clear, the poetic interpretation creates depth achieved by physical and online layering through photography, hierarchy and scale manipulation. Using three different studies (Fragments of a Blink, a fragmented micro-seconds of photo documentary, Digesting Reality, a 365 day photo diary, and Sarajevo: My Personal Story, a digital collage collection of war journals), MEMORY investigates the realm of visual possibilities to (re)tell a mundane story, capture a micro-moment and (re)embrace the past.
Presenters
Selma Ćatović HughesAdjunct, College of Architecture, Art and Design, American University of Sharjah, Ash Shariqah [Sharjah], United Arab Emirates
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Memory, Storytelling, Visual, Narrative, Time, Space, Event, Past, Collage, Design
Digital Media
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