Looking Back at Saturn

Visual representation of 42 volunteer participants’ memories are seen in still, inkjet prints of collaged imagery. These individuals, responding to my call for imagery, which was sent via email and posted on call for entry online forums, provided photographs that depicted a memory from their past. Once the images were compiled, they were then collaged with one to two other images using “binary collage,” a digital collage method where the digital code of a photographic file is combined with that of another. The resulting images appear as energetic abstract, geometric shapes that consist of segments of photographic imagery that have drastic shifts in color. These abstractions of photographic information represent the accumulation of collective memory and the natural tendency for memory to be remembered in quick flashes within the mind’s eye. The participation of multiple people reinforces the significance of memory in humans’ lives and references the role of social memory in developing group connectivity.