Text installation

Lawrence Weiner, As Long As It Lasts, 2011, Rotterdam's Central Station



Rojo Futuro, System, 2012



Robert Barry, A Great Concern Transmitted Telepathically, 1969-2009

Sabato Visconti

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With my idea of using imagery - specifically photography - to represent memory made me think about how I might represent memory in a similar way it is presented in our minds. I've already thought about materials, wanting to use something transparent, or at least semi transparent, to be printed on. 

NOTE - I settled on using fabric - I had a look at Spotlight for something thin and translucent and was a bit put off by the prices, but I also looked at second hand curtains, which were far cheaper and I think contribute more to the idea I'm trying to communicate. There's also a metaphor there somewhere - something to with the purpose of curtains, how they're used as a barrier in different situations, and obscure things.

The distorted photographs by Sabato Visconti are visually interesting, but I also think this could be a method of partially obscuring an image while maintaining an idea of what it is. At this point I have most of the photos I want to use for the project already, but I could potentially research the method for future projects.

William Eggleston

Untitled (1970)

Another of those photos that remind me of things. In this case, the shed at a friends house in my childhood where we used to have sleepovers. We even used to watch movies, but not on a tv like that.

Sophie Harris Taylor

These were the kind of images that initially struck my interest in memory, association, and particularly sentimentality. There are a lot of photographers I've looked at that take photos like this, which all prompt memories of particular places I've been in my life, however significant.

The sentimentality is to do with the varying significance, and how a visual can evoke certain emotions pertaining to the memories associated with it.

Elena Damiani

(Peru, 1979), Fading Field No.7, 2012

This is a way I could present the photos for my project - the frames wooden poles could be used to distribute weight, which wouldn't take a lot of time. This is a digital print on silk chiffon; using fabric is also an option I can consider.

Sam Durant

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Mirror Travels in Neoliberalism, 2010

I found this installation work by Sam Durant while researching text artwork, which I've taken a recent interest in, but usually I'm more drawn to the meaning of the words themselves and not the way they are presented.

I like the way the words are superimposed in the reflections - I think That's something I could use in my work

Cristiano Mangione

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Hierophania, 2009-10 (steel pen, self-made steel tools on wall)


I'm actually planning to go to my parents house in the summer to do some house renovating - namely rendering the outside walls of the house - partially to help them out, but also to become familiar with cement as a material in the way that it's supposed to be use before I decide to do interesting things with it.

This particular artwork works because of the space it's in - it fits with the warehouse-y thing that's going on - seems like the artist has used a stencil for the circular marking. It reminds me a bit of the residue left behind from a sticker - it looks natural enough to make me wonder what might have happened there - it's sort of supernatural in a way.