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Reflections on the Forest (Part 1)
Having gone through the revelatory, exciting, crazy and exhausting process of creating the forest, I finally have a moment to upload some photos from the completed installation. My aim was to create a space where people could relax their attention […]
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How to research the Forest
Not only has the a-n bursary allowed me to spend time in the studio intensively experimenting with different projection techniques and editing videos, it has also given me the time to research forests. I have done this by immersing myself […]
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How to Contain a Forest (within an exhibition space)
I visited, along with the composer Nye Parry, the brand new exhibition space at Royal Holloway University, where Digital Forest, my installation in making, will have its first public showing. (From April- July 2018) It was really exciting to see […]
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How to Create the Sound of a Forest
The sound in the installation will be a very important part of it and is being created by sound artist and composer, Nye Parry. In order to explore the kind of sound that will be in the installation and discuss […]
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How to make a Forest
I have been hard at work experimenting in the studio trying to create an experience that replicates the effect of a forest on attention. In the first blog I outlined the aspects of a forest that psychologists believe cause this […]
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How to Capture a Forest
In this first blog post I will discuss the psychology research already undertaken about natural environments and attention, this research informs the art work I am creating. Attention restoration is linked to landscape art, because studies show that our aesthetic preference […]