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Title
Memory Wipe
Description
Memory Wipe is a 22 minute, video art piece that utilizes home movie footage filmed on VHS and 8mm, as well as television and cartoon ephemera, to explore the way in which personal memory is constructed and altered through the process of recording and viewing. Three recent events in my life inspired work: the discovery of a box containing my favorite childhood media, the revelation that I am the last male of my family, and the impending sale of my family's farmland. My mother never used a video camera, insisting that her childhood was lost in footage filmed but never watched. It should also be noted that not once do I appear in this piece; therefore, I decided to extract myself from the narrative. Rather than simply guide the audience along with anecdotes from my life, I instead invite viewers to draw their own meanings and create their own nostalgias from the piece. Originally, Memory Wipe was to be accompanied by live narration, but all things considered, I thought I would let it speak for itself. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E42a6Koma4
Date Created
2015-05
Contributors
- McDougall, Clayton Ross (Author)
- Magenta, Muriel (Thesis director)
- Brye, Anne (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Film, Dance and Theatre (Contributor)
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
Topical Subject
Extent
8 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Series
Academic Year 2014-2015
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.29257
Level of coding
minimal
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- 2017-10-30 02:50:57
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 2 months ago
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