This project explores the complexities of memory and the passage of time, focusing on the experiences of siblings Donald and Wendy as they reflect on their childhood following significant loss and upheaval. Through their recollections, the work touches on themes of family dynamics, grief, and displacement, as well as the tension between preserving and distorting memory. Their stories carry the emotional weight of their mother’s tragic death, the emotional toll of their strained relationship with their stepmother, and the sense of dislocation brought on by time spent living in Libya and Malta. These reflections reveal how memory shape’s identity and illuminates the broader emotional journey of living with loss and change.
This series explores themes of memory, nostalgia, and neurological decline, inspired by my late grandad’s experience with Parkinson’s Disease. Utilising screenprinting techniques: I rework archival family photographs in bold colour, capturing how memory fades, distorts, and re-emerges over time. The process introduces imperfections that reflect the fragility of memory and identity. Layered and disrupted, each print holds the tension between preservation and erosion, mirroring the emotional experience of memory decline.
Focal Point explores the fragility of memory and the passage of time through a sculptural fabric form layered with Polyfilla and water to evoke moments suspended in time, like archival photographs. A projection overlays visuals from my family archive and scenes of Dover, bringing the past to life while quietly acknowledging its inevitable erosion.
