Thursday, August 28, 2008

Agrippa (A Book of The Dead)

William Gibson opens his poem with:

"I hesitated
before untying the bow
that bound this book together."1

The book he's referring to is an old photographic album containing images from his past, from his childhood.

image courtesy of The Agrippa Files

It inspired me this reflection relative to my thesis project


The more time passes the more the memory is revealed.

Once perceived it sublimates, dissipates in time to be later rediscovered again.

Consider the role of the viewer, as powerful as that of the photographer.
The photographer compresses, the viewer decompresses and elaborate.

The mechanism of shooting

Technology as the
mechanism, how it affects our life and memories

References:

[1] Gibson, William. Agrippa (A Book of The Dead).


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