Maps and Journeys- Initial Ideas

Having had a week to ponder on the maps and journeys project, I have to say that this has been the most difficult brief in terms of production of ideas, as there is such a large scope for the project that I have found it difficult to pinpoint a specific idea.

To begin with, I decided to look at the literal definitions of the terms 'map' and 'journey'. This helped me provide a base for myself to work from. From this I came up with a few ideas that I could possibly develop further:

-Projection Photography- I tried to research experimental travel photography, and in doing so came across the photographer Davis Ayer who appears to use a lot of overlaying, colour, and double exposure in his work. However, I was particularly interested in his projection photography work, where he projected pictures of places onto the naked body and photographed it in a piece called 'time travel'

I was interested in this because of its connections with memory and how people remember a place. In my mind when people are stressed due to pressures from daily life, they dream of getting away to somewhere, and perhaps that is a particular place they have in mind.

On another extension of this, I also thought of processes in terms of biology, and how a piece of land and everything that is living is constantly changing, and moving underneath its own skin. I thought perhaps I could travel to different places and collect items from these places, then project on these items short looping videos of biological processes that are and may have been going on inside these objects, as a sort of cross-section. I thought I could perhaps include some sound elements in this as well.

I have many other thoughts floating in my head about what I could do, so nothing is solid yet. However as an initial idea I think I'm heading on the right track.