Activity: Armchair Time Travel “Run away, even if it’s only for a little bit.” Nour’s meet-up had us bring to life a moment in our past, by extracting elements from a memory and representing them using different techniques before working them into a composition. You will need: • A memory or photograph • Pens or pencils • Paper • Collage materials • Scissors • A random material from your kitchen • A cardboard box (optional)
Step 1: Find a memory you want to relive You might have a photograph of it, or it might just be in your mind. Close your eyes and pretend that you are in that moment, in the present tense.
Step 3: Pick features of your memory you’d like to represent Read back over your notes and pick eight elements from your memory.
Step 4: Finding Form Step 2: Explore the memory
Now match these eight elements to a different method of representation below. Write each one in the green space. Then take a few minutes per method to give each element from your memory form.
Follow the prompts below to explore this memory, taking notes in the box below: Where are you? What are you doing? What can you see in the distance? What’s right in front of you? What does the ground feel like? What’s the weather like? Who else is there? How does your body feel? Anything else to note?
My memory:
Step 5: Composition Find a way to combine your elements into a 2D or 3D composition in a way that honours your memory. 28
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