Keep Me in Your Memories...

Memories…

so fragile to the point where they can make you or break you. I’ve heard many things come from different people. A lot of them were happy or random, very few were sad and/or tragic. Perhaps people never wish to discuss such painful thoughts of the past. Then again, who would?

At the very first thought of me collecting memories I was happy to no ends. For one, I had finally found something to collect. Two, this was something I would enjoy collecting. Anyway, the memories were collected from people online, as well as people around me. I had wanted to have most the work hand-written to make it more realistic as I post them on the bulletin board but typed was fine as well. The board itself was 24” X 36” and would have been presented on a wall in a gallery at eye level for the viewer to be able to walk up to it and read all the memories displayed. I would also have a small table with a stack of paper, note cards, or sticky notes where they can also write something they remember and add to the collection. This would be an experience the viewer would have as being apart of an art piece for at least one moment in time. Also, if they did not wish to write something, I would have an old-fashion Polaroid camera that they can take a picture of themselves and post the picture onto the board. Why not a digital camera? To make it more like an old photo album you would find in the back of a closet as you are cleaning it out one day.

I had it where the ones that weren’t handwritten by the person themselves, I had typed up and posted it onto the board. The names at the end of each one were real or made up by how I know the person. Each index card was 3” x 5”. Each colorful post-it sticky was 3 7/8” x 5 7/8”. And the typed paper varied in sized depending on the length of the memory. They were posted on there by push pins and perhaps taped to make it just a bit messy in a sense. I want this to appear like an office board where everyone has posted work wherever there was a space possible. This reminds me of the boards I’ve seen around campus with different advertising on them in different angles, directions, and even stacked one over the other.

Why Assigned this Project

Why have we been assigned something like this? At first i would suggest it would be because it was required for us to do. But after all the many projects, the speakers, and the many artists we've seen, i realized that it's more than just a simple project. It's a way for us to tie together all the elements we've learned so far and how to present them in a more meaningful fashion that would go well with our piece.
To me this final project is a way to see how far we've come as artists and how much we will put more thought into how we wish for things to be done the next time we work on something. It's like putting your skills to the test in a sense. Then again, it may not be Ms. Malena's intentions at all.
She may just wish to see what ideas we can come up with in the end of the semester after so many others have been done.
Either way i see a benefit to this piece for it's as if we are collecting something that matters to us the most. And/or something that could have a symbolic meaning in our lives.

5/2/08 Collecting

Woo! Meh b-day! Today was..well...interesting. Trying to collect memories from people was a lot more difficult than i thought. Everyone mostly responded "uhh...." "well...." or "i don't remember anything". Eh... i suppose it was because i asked them on the spot. However giving them a bit more time they was able to come up with something. However it wasn't a variety of things. Most of them were random memories which i don't mind at all, just wishing i could get more.
I decided to do it as a bulletin board posting. I was going to do a video but why do that and make it technical? I want this to be somewhat old-fashion in a sense and make it more of the past instead of present. ^_^

Time for Drastic Action 4/25/08

Alright. Enough is enough. If people don't come to me on their own, it seems im going to have to go to them. It's time i stop sitting around and waiting for things to happen. My grade depends on this project and i don't plan on getting a low one because of it. I was thinking of rolling out a long sheet of paper in the hallway. And having people to walk along it. Leaving out some markers i was going to ask them to write something they remember on it. And see what they say.
Or, I could go around on campus with note cards, asking people to write something on it and give it back to me. Either that or have my camera with me to allow them to take a picture as a memory of anything they please.
That seems like a better solution. ^_^

Getting a tad bit desperate 4/18/08

I'm going to have to depend on most of my family and friends at home it seems. I got quite a few from close friends of mine. But it's not enough. I need a collection so that i can actually let people know that i didn't sit there and do nothing.

okay people 4/11/08

I'm trying to get people to help me out a bit. Only problem is, they keep forgetting or think nothing of it. It seems i may have to add in a lot of memories of my own. Perhaps i would just have a collection of my memories instead of others. Is that okay?

no thought much 4/2/08

I haven't really thought much about the piece. I've been thinking of other things before it crossed my mind. Hopefully i can get enough people to help me do this. Collecting things is harder than i thought. Especially when it involves others.

Getting the Word out 3/28/08

Alright. I got my plans started. Hopefully all can fall into place with everything of how i wish to do this project. It seems i want to do more than just pictures. I want them to write out everything or nothing at all. I decided to make the idea more broad than ever before. As long as it's a memory right? However it's all about how i choose to present it.

Getting together 3/21/08

For my accumulation, I have wanted to send out e-mails soon. I'm basically looking for memories of any moment in time. Could be where you saw your favorite movie, you fell off your bike, your first kiss, the day your pet died, etc.
I'm basically looking for a variety of things because memories are never just happy, or sad. It's full of all kinds of emotions and that's what I'm aiming for all to see. What i plan to do with them? I have yet to know for sure but I'm thinking of a collage of everything.

Eureka!!! 2/29/08

YESH!!! I GOTS IT!!!
MEMORIES!! IM SOOOO COLLECTING MEMORIES!!
I love it to pieces ^_^
Man, like...1000 ideas are flowing through my head at the moment.
I'm going to fix it to where people give me a photo or something and write a small description about it. It doesn't have to be long. It could just be the title and such.

Ex: pic of an apple
meaning: Snow White
why?: fav disney movie/first disney movie

Basically sort of like that. I shall explain more in class next time ^_^
I'm also going to have some that are sealed so that if the person wants to keep it hidden then so be it and i'll just add it to my collection still sealed up. SUGOI!! ^ o^

....... 2/22/08

Okay.......still collecting the same thing...
It's...idk. I'm sorta not really feeling the whole..packages thing. I like the idea, yet. Idk... i want to do something different =^.^=

Ideas 2/15/08

On my Accumulation Project I have been doing well in collecting packages. But I can’t help to see that the “Capri Sun” packages are made of the same material. What if the collection doesn’t have to focus on just small rectangle shapes? Why not make them all sizes?

Ketchup! 2/8/08

Okay, perhaps the idea of collecting ketchup packages is very helpful. I see them all the time and I have quite a bit at home. However, perhaps it doesn’t have to be just ketchup. It could be small packages of mustard, BBQ sauce, est.

Thoughts/Ideas 2/1/08

Not quite sure of what I wish to collect. I had the idea of marbles last week but I still wish to find out something else. Perhaps pieces of jewelry I keep finding around campus. I always tend to find an earring or belly button ring that has been dropped.

Thoughts 1/25/08

After listening to the speaker and talking with the class I have a pretty good few idea of how we can use almost anything to put with the Accumulation Project. I tend to have a fascination with marbles and/or stones so perhaps i can do something with that.

Thoughts on Accum. 1/18/08

To be honest i have no idea of what I wish to do at this point. LOL
All I can do for now is just try to get ideas as we continue class. ^_^