Statement

Statement: Paramnesia

“Paramnesia” is defined as the “distortion of memory in which
fantasy and objective experience are confused.” Exploring my
personal memories I quickly discovered that recall can be
faulty and malleable leaving gaps filled with hazy and
questionable details. The photograph as a symbolic referent to
past moments lived can be equally as vague. Presenting only
a limited view into the past, the photograph like memory
provides only glimpses which beg to be bridged.

Using my childhood as a touchstone I set out to recreate
places from my past as well as their photographic referents.
The process involves recalling a place which is then
transcribed into a series of rough sketches. These sketches
then serve as a form of blueprint from which the place is
recreated in miniature. The miniature serves as a stand in for
my memory which can then be photographed. Once
photographed, the miniature is then dismantled leaving only
the photograph and the original memory.

By using the constructed image it is my hope that on closer
inspection that the viewer discovers the fabrication. With such
a discovery the veracity of both photograph and memory can
be called into question.

(Exhibition images vary in sizes from 24”x20” to 40”x60”.)