New Work submitted to Memento Moris
3 Comments Published by Mark Mcleod on Friday, October 03, 2008 at 9:15 PM.
My interest over the past few years has been the fallibility and exploitable nature of memory. Depending on the nature of the event, we can make bad memories seem good, good memories seem bad, or completely forget them altogether. This project is a set of 10 images of my "trip" to Disney World. Using Google image search and Flickr, I found other family trips and incorporated my young self into these images, forcing myself to have a new memory. They are intentionally left badly Photoshopped; I thought if the images were completely realistic the idea would not come across. They do have my sense of humor, and at least for me, I can't stop laughing.
i am really loving this idea, its really funny. i would love to do something like that with pictures of my family. love the pic of splash mountain.
i honestly found this session hysterical and sad at the same time...it seems as though u had no legit childhood experiences, thus you had to make some up for yourself... But at the same time... thats what makles these pictures so funny.... i can see you saying to the public " If you can have memories...then make them"...lol By the way... this is caleb kelly from your Art Appreciation class on MWF... this is an obvious hint...lol...thanks
Dude, I just hope you don't throw up all over the place in the next few pictures. That would be completely gross.
-Myriam