MY INITIAL IDEA CAME FROM THE IDEA OF DISCONNECTION FROM HOME AND THE IDEA OF RECONNECTING THROUGH A PIECE OF WRITING WRITTEN TO FAMILY BUT READ TO ONESELF. ONCE COMPLETE THE LETTER WILL BE BURNED AS AN EFFIGY. PRODUCTION IDEAS WOULD BE USING AMBIENCE AND SPATIALITY AS WAY OF TRANSPORTING THE WORDS THROUGH VIBRATION INTO THE WORLD AND SERVING AS A WAY OF HEALING YOURSELF. THIS IDEA CAME FROM THERAPY TECHNIQUES IVE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. 

THIS IDEA IS INSPIRED BY A NEW FRIENDSHIP WITH A FILMMAKER FROM HONG KONG CALLED ETIENNE. THIS CONCEPT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP WITH A FEELING OF CONNECTION TO OUR ROOTS EVEN WHEN WE ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILIES CAN BE COMPLEX, OFTEN WE CANNOT EXPRESS OURSELVES EVEN TO THOSE WHO CREATED AND NURTURED US. THIS METHOD I HOPE WIll FURTHER MY EXPLORATION INTO ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF THERAPY AND SERVE AS WAY OF HELPING ETIENNE TO RECONNECT AND HEAL FRACURES OF TRAUMA.

I LIKE IDEA OF REDEFINING WHAT AN EFFIGY USUALLY MEANS (IN CONTEXT OF PROTEST) – IN A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT AND EFFIGY CAN BE A SYMBOL OF REMEMBERENCE AND VENERATION (GREAT RESPECT). ALSO FOCUSING ON SPACE AS FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR OF THE RECORDING PROCESS THAT CORRELATES WITH ELEMENTS OF PRODUCTION. SOUNDS THAT EVOKE A FEELINGS OF DEVOTION/ RELIGIOUS AWE/ CONTEMPLATIVE AMBIENCE HEARD IN SPACES OF WORSHIP.

HERE I HAVE DOCUMENTED THE PROCESS OF WRITING, RECORDING AND THE CEREMONIAL ACT OF BURNING THE EFFIGY WITH MY RICOH GR CAMERA.