Degree project

I have lived around the river Erewash for the past 25 years, I’ve crossed it hundreds of times, I’ve run up and down it, biked… Read More »Research: The River Erewash

Working title: The river got straightened out Theme This project is an investigation into a local watercourse that I have lived close to for over… Read More »Proposal: Advanced Studio Practice

Richard HydeI know about the horses, 2021Postcards, suitcases, clothing. Spoken language is intimately tied to the slice of time within which it was uttered and… Read More »Final outcome: Summary & evaluation

These are all the references consulted during the course of this project: 0’Hagan, S., 2011. Analogue artists defying the digital age [WWW Document]. The Guardian.… Read More »Project bibliography

That point in a project when you bring all elements together for the first time is always exciting. For this mockup I brought together three… Read More »Final outcome: One case becomes three

Collections of coloured rags were obtained in white, red and green to match the colours of the corresponding clothing worn in the three postcards. This… Read More »Final outcome: Coloured rags spewing out

With inspiration gained from studying artists who use baggage (with contents) as a device, the final outcome is starting to take shape. I have decided… Read More »Final outcome: Shredded clothes & postcards

I have looked at the work of Christian Boltanski in the recent past but like the previous project, this one also has a memory theme… Read More »Research: Christian Boltanski, the master of memories

I carried out another exploration of artists, this time I looked specifically at artists who use any form of baggage in their work as a… Read More »Research: Artists showing their baggage

This experiment began the exploration of multiples. Three antique suitcases and the three dresses worn in the photographs were used. Then multiples of each photograph… Read More »Experiment: Presenting the outcome #3 – suitcase of memories

This project began with a focus on overlaying the analogue and digital worlds to see what new interpretations of data might emerge. The digital element… Read More »Experiment: Presenting the outcome #2 – bitmap backdrop

I have started exploring how to overlay the photographs as there are many options to introduce even more layering of narrative. Inspiration for this experiment… Read More »Experiment: Presenting the outcome #1 – overlaying memories