My initial concept was to show the theme of ‘family’ and ‘community’ through the comparison of ‘history’ and the modern day. Using archival material, I plan to demonstrate a clear example of how family traditions change, within architecture, the work place, and within every day lifestyles. I also wish to display the privileges of living a lifestyle in the modern day compared to a lifestyle in war and the post-war era. This is all connected to my recent move to a new house.
Thoughts and Ideas
I wish to dig deeper into the history of my house. Primarily using archival material which i extracted during my recent work internship at the Societe Jersiase.
The lifestyles of when it dated back
To interview and photograph previous owners, builders, landlords,
To discover the beauty around my house,
To show what my other family and friends think of the location, what the new build means to people,
The debuting controversy over the production of a ‘block house’ on a old heritage site.
How can I show this?
I believe I can show this by producing various types of media. Voice Recording, Video, and Photography with various techniques such as montage and collage in Photoshop. I believe the manipulation of my images and the merging of old and new can subject the transition of time and passage, connecting to my family and the community around me. Another idea is use the technique of placing text on a photograph to show a distinct narrative. This is all in connection with the work of Wendy Ewald.
In the style of Ewalds work, I could produce an image, adjust it, then allow the person i photographed to write on the image to signify the personality, community and familiarity of the subject, condoning an overall sense of transition and modern and new.
Modernism Versus Minimalism
Photographers and Research
Martin Toft – Similar concept as he was comparing the history of one location to another. Martin in his project ‘Atlantus’ discovered the movement of ‘Jersey’ (Channel Islands) to ‘New Jersey’ (State, United States of America), and how it has evolved, compares and works with the background and history of being part of a place most people haven’t even come across.
“A visual an oral exchange of cultures, histories and identities”
Bryan worked as a herdsman in America making may trips to export cattle to New Jersey, to look after the cows in quarantine in Clifton and to prepare them for sale to American buyers. It was Bryan who accompanied Precious Galinthia amongst forty head of Jerseys to New Jersey onboard a K.L.M. DC 7F freight plane bound for New York in March 1964.
