the concept

2011-12-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

Nostalgia 2012

Reflecting on childhood, adolescence and adulthood, I attempt to challenge an understanding of self, the nature of others and the effect influential figures and surrounding circumstances have on us.

Join me on an intense physical journey back and forth through a defragmentation of memories, times and places. Celebrate the stages of identity, shaping a life willing for change and a strong sense of self-continuity. A personal, surreal take on what Nostalgia means through an abstract landscape of dreams, no-regrets and fortunes. A search for the self in a broken society, regardless of how we got here, faced with the impossibility of having a better past.

If you would like further information about the project please email info@projectionofcircumstance.co.uk

2011-11-18T13:43:00.000-08:00

There was a time when I couldn’t look at my self in the mirror and face what I had become. I once wrote “when do we really stop, even if it is just for a moment within ourselves to take stock, reflect and replenish?” By projecting the past onto my body I found a voice which relieved some misunderstood tensions which hid inside.

This surfacing of emotion makes me feel liberated, touch me, select a year and activate a memory of yours or mine. Reflecting on childhood, adolescence and adulthood, I attempt to challenge an understanding of self, the nature of others and the effect influential figures and surrounding circumstances have on us.

I have at times felt a yearning for the past, continued to struggle with my present and remained frightened of what the future may bring. How do I choose the strength to leave unimportant things behind? Nostalgia consists of ‘Nostos’, a Greek word for ‘return home’ and ‘algia’ a painful physical or emotional condition. A friend told me once that our homes are inside of us. Is this really true? Join me on a journey back and forth through a defragmentation of memories, times and places. Celebrate the stages of identity, shaping a life willing for change and a sense of self-continuity. This is an emotional and physical response to the very word Nostalgia. A personal, surreal and collective take on what Nostalgia means through an abstract landscape of dreams, no-regrets and fortunes. A search for the self in a broken society, regardless of how we got here, faced with the impossibility of having a better past.

nostalgia 2012

the concept