Documentation of My Room

Documenting my room, the bed home for my depression series

Body Writing Photographs

These photographs were taken from the idea of the home for my depression, focusing on the body weight issues and writing on my body from my food diary my context is the the home for my depression, the bathroom and bedroom..

A 'Home' for my depression

Today doodling and writing down ideas for my next series of work, focusing back on my feelings and thoughts when I was dealing with this weight issues, situating myself in a cocoon state in a bathroom or my bedroom, my bed was a HOME for my depressing state of mine, I don't know if it helped or not? But I didnt know any better than what was happening I thought at the time it was a haven and protecting me.

So so I document my bed, with me in it? Without me? Do I ad text? or Do I leave it out? Does this mean if I leave out text am I moving away from this text series of works? Could they all interlink at some stage technically they do so maybe I can chance it!!!!
Need to work on it some more!!

Experimenting with Video

Digital Camera proped up on the table by books, I decided to take a video of me eating bread, cheese mayo and drinking coffee, uploaded it onto a mac, i speeded it up and added sound to it. The sound I took was of me reading out loud of my food diary entries, changed the pitch the speed and also i reversed it so you cant make out what I am saying.

Tablecloths

This idea came from the table i did and i wondered what else is connected with a table i got four party tablecloths and wrote on them with the entries from my food diary . i thought by hanging them on the clothesline would be effective and it was, I took the video on my ordinary digital camera and the effects i did were done on windows movie maker, great for little jobs or if you dont have a comcorder and a mac:).

Writing on the Body Photographs

Just some of my series of writing on the body photographs, my favourites.... I really enjoyed doing these (even though I wasn't the photographer) I really like the black tone of the night time contrasting with the white body and the juxtaposition of it! If i do place myself in the bathroom or bedroom I'll have to work around the lighting to get that depression dark feel!

Other placements in the bathroom to do work! Methods I can use would be photography or film....

College Work

This semester I am still working with my Food Diary as my main source of work! Drawing in my sketchbook and wondering what way i can work next. This page from my sketchbook is an idea of placing myself in a bath with more writings on my body. I like this odd placement of the body's odd positions! Referring back to the body and weight issues I had and still do but the bathroom and the bedroom are the only places that you hid to be with yourself to think and go through things! So I think these would be the best places to take work in and from.