A home can hold much more than our furniture and essentials. It holds our experiences and identities.
In this body of work I explored a personal environment in which travels and memories are reflected. The images printed on different surfaces of the bedroom scene manifest the recollections imprinted in our minds. This project allowed me to use my photography in many different mediums and alternative processes: screen printing, fabric printing, ceramics, and decals.
I chose a bedroom scene because it is the most personal environment in a home and is typically a space that isn’t meant for the public eye. I screen printed my images on canvas in brown and sepia ink and sewed the blanket together to create a feeling of nostalgia and a real sense that the blanket is a used object or hand-me-down.
I have always wanted a pristine home like one you might see in an IKEA catalogue; however, I am a collector. I keep cards, letters, photographs, what-knots and any gift or keepsake I have been given. Over the years my home has taken on a bohemian cat lady-feel. I am slowly learning to embrace this fact. What can we learn about who we are from a cookie cutter environment?
The gallery space provides a feeling of tension much like one would feel when entering a stranger’s bedroom, but curiosity always prevails. The viewer is invited to investigate their surroundings and reject the idea of a uniform décor.
Our memories echo. Once we are dead and gone all we will have left behind are the scattered remains of our existence. Our scrapbooks, snapshots and personal effects will resonate. They will change hands and homes a number of times before fading out. Our home and its contents can give the guest an intimate view of how we lived, who we were and what we have learned.
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