Brief 4 – Process

1.a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of aperson, family, or household.

2.the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered.

3.an institution for the homeless, sick.

4.the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.

5.the place or region where something is native or most common.

6.any place of residence or refuge:

7. a person’s native place or own country.

I felt very inspired by our first lecture regarding our ‘Home’ brief, looking into the deeper meanings behind family photographs and how easily that style of photograph could be staged as well as how they can provoke memory and a sense of belonging.
They have such distinct stylings and characteristics that resonate with most families that this can be easily replicated and mimicked such as the work of Trish Morrissey is her set ‘Seven Years.’ By using period clothing, props and decor she is able the mimic the feel of family portraits from the 1970s/80’s in present day using common tropes we are used to see such as slightly blurry images, fingers over the lens etc.

I would have liked to replicate some similar kind of images with my own family perhaps focusing on the era of the 1990’s however this didn’t seem a practical project due to lack of access to the resources and props I would need.

I began to consider home on a much larger scale regarding something belonging to a certain place and more so when that object is out of place. I also wanted to look at travel and much like myself I enjoy to travel and can feel at home even being at new and unfamiliar surroundings.
An artist I have always been interested in that I felt I could incorporate into this trail of thought is the Dutch artist Florentijin Hofman who takes his huge experimental art installations and displays them in a variety of different places for all to admire. The pure scale of his work is really something to behold such as his most famous travelling rubber duck that made its way to Tokyo, Sydney and Amsterdam. A characteristic of Florentijn Hofman’s work is that he makes objects with things that we see or use often, including laminate flooring and flip-flops. With these sculptures, he wants to make people’s lives happier, and become unified. The purpose of his art is to promote the message of healing