Week 4

David Clegg

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  Issues of memory and fracturing time.
• Time and loss are his subject matter. 
• He works with people who have dementia - how does that person see time (do they get bored?).
• Stories told by people with memory loss.
• Amazing how people think about their first memory (common between people) - memory changes over time, it goes through neuron pathways everytime we ‘remember’.
• First memories are sensory.
• Our memories are different to others experiencing the same event.
• Gap in photographs = gap in memory.
• Avant-garde (12-13 years old) music played same notes over and over - repetition.
• Got job in a care home after art college - arts and crafts.
• Alot of his work includes peoples last words.
• Losing the concept of space - loosing ‘in’.
• Where stories loop.
• Quite comedic to listen to - often the content isn’t.
• How to present/edit it and make it accessible.
• ‘Room 21’ - “I’ve been here before…” Dementia and the perception of space (how stories become the same due to the space).
• Looking at the overlooked - stories are being lost.

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