In week 8, Roger Kemp discusses ideas primarily based on materials and memory. In particular, Kemp touches on the notions regarding memories of places that exist only in nostalgia and memory and how the five human senses are capable of triggering certain memories through association. The discussion was also largely based on Do ho Suh as a reference of the ability to transport the 'memory' and 'ghost' of your home in times of migration and travel, which Suh achieved through a 1:1 scale fabric construction of his former New York home.
Specific emotions, registered through previous experiences and thoughts, are triggered when a situation or atmosphere resembles or is akin to a memory from the past. Something as simple as smell, touch or sight can trigger an old memory. Primary school is a place where some of our …show more content…
Suh explains "My own personal experience of transcultural displacement is what motives, in a fundamental way, my enquiry into the notion of space". Made entirely out of diaphanous silk and suspended by wire frames, it successfully represents the ghost and memory of his previous life in the 348 West 22nd Street apartment. Do Ho Suh is showcasing this unique installation, based on his New York home, at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. The process of taking measurements was crucial in making life like artefacts such as light switches and smoke alarms which are sewn in both effortlessly and discreetly within the walls of this gauzy installation. A single-floor space in a walk up building, complete with a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a bathroom. "What's incredible is that you can tease out so much detail from material that is fundamentally immaterial, from the caulk in the bathroom tile to the style of lamps suspended over the
Specific emotions, registered through previous experiences and thoughts, are triggered when a situation or atmosphere resembles or is akin to a memory from the past. Something as simple as smell, touch or sight can trigger an old memory. Primary school is a place where some of our …show more content…
Suh explains "My own personal experience of transcultural displacement is what motives, in a fundamental way, my enquiry into the notion of space". Made entirely out of diaphanous silk and suspended by wire frames, it successfully represents the ghost and memory of his previous life in the 348 West 22nd Street apartment. Do Ho Suh is showcasing this unique installation, based on his New York home, at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. The process of taking measurements was crucial in making life like artefacts such as light switches and smoke alarms which are sewn in both effortlessly and discreetly within the walls of this gauzy installation. A single-floor space in a walk up building, complete with a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a bathroom. "What's incredible is that you can tease out so much detail from material that is fundamentally immaterial, from the caulk in the bathroom tile to the style of lamps suspended over the