Deep Memory
Deep Memory is an ongoing process-based work exploring geologic and human memory and our appreciation of our place within geologic time.
By building pinhole cameras to capture the fascinating geologic structures and landscapes along Lake Superior, I aim to intentionally break the idea of instant gratification and change our perception of capturing versus experiencing memories.
Each photo from Deep Memory took patience and time to be exposed, varying from 15 seconds to 15 minutes, but never being instant. With each passing second, this time invites and allows the opportunity to authentically experience the surrounding geologic structures and history, and truly contemplate our place in this vast time scale.
Katherine Cove, Sandy Beach, and Sawpit Bay - the three locations visited to capture the images - act as a connecting point between my experience growing up and creating memories along Lake Superior and the geologic memory recorded in the layers and lines of the rocks, like pages of a book we don’t know how to read.