Visual Study in Reflective Value Gauges

The more appropriate size for the captured individuals in relation to their effective importance on the environment which surrounds them: the art show (Curator and Artist respectively)


Actual documentation

Here I changed the sizes of the individuals in the original documentation to begin thinking about altering size in relation to importance within documentation. This idea is created in thinking of how Byzantine images varied sizes in their images to create significance and also to begin to think of the relation between old forms of documentation, its inaccuracy (i.e. paintings of Napoleon as a tall man when he was a short man) and how new forms come with relatively new inaccuracies.

How can I say that original photos come with new inaccuracies? Well, I suppose its off to call it a complete inaccuracy, but it depends on what you are thinking about. Photos and video are supposed to represent who we are, but a lot of times they fall short. I could take 10 pictures of myself at a party frowning to trick everyone looking at the pictures later into thinking I was having a bad time, when in actuality I may have been having so much fun that I wanted to trick you into thinking it was bad so you won't want to come to the next party and ruin my good time. Far fetched? Go look at your online photo album and ask yourself how many photos you deleted or decided you did not want to be a part of the reminiscence.

Photos and video documentation are reflective in that they can begin to decipher what we, on an individual level, value to be important in memory. SO, the above scale change of the individuals involved is a study to begin thinking about ways to alter and play with documentation with reference to story telling, ideas of reminiscence, transformation of visual information based on given value or personal importance etc...