Nia Burks
Statement and Documentation Script
The lens has always been used to record and remember the special events and extraordinary moments of one’s live, but what happens when everything becomes special and extraordinary? As the cost of recording devices continuously drops and access to sharing mediums through the global reach of mass media increases, the meaning of memory changes. Declarative memory is being replaced by cheap and easy access to external memory. Recording devices and social media act as surrogates to the self, so we are no longer subject to the effects of time on our brains.
In a time where the permanence of memory is preferred and forgetting has become a virtue, it is increasingly important to call into question what it means to remember and, further, reconsider the role that the archive plays in the digital age.
The current body of work explores memory/recollection, ideas surrounding the notion of archive and the possibility of a shared societal memory through social media, popular culture and desire.
Monitor 1
A Modest Study of the Sexual Awakening of Britney Spears:
Baby (116)
Vocal Range Demonstration
A Modern Reference to the Venus of Willendorf
Instruction/Reaction
Monitor 2
A Death Metal Tribute to Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair”
The Official Grind
Scene Tutorals
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