Today I have been reading about Tracey Emin – I read a chapter from the book Tracey Emin, 20 Years by Patrick Elliott and Julian Shnabel. I picked out some phrases and paragraphs that i found interesting and this inspired me to experiment with my personal objects.
I have been buying frames from the RSPCA charity shop in central ipswich and tried addig my own personal memories to the frames instead of photographs.
The results were interesting but i dont feel that the images evoke emotion in the same way as Emin.
It struck me how interesting the frames look without anything in them. The purpose of photo frames is to store a memory, to hold a cherished moment, to remember that moment. The empty frame suggests that the memory is not there. Has it been forgotten? Has it been destroyed? Has it been replaced? I like that the empty frame raises these questions. I also like the idea that the empty frame challenges “what is art” as you would expect to see a painting or drawing or photograph inside the fram for it to be considered art.
