MEMORable
Memory is something that we understand and experience individually. It is influenced by a range of complicated factors produced by our own experience and our perception of time and place. Your reality is perception. These pages are an exploration of the human mind through a series of tests. These tests are meant to reveal aspects of memory in the short and long term, as well as show how our perception of our memories affects what we know about ourselves and the world. As I ran these tests with friends and peers, I analyzed the participants reactions as well as the data they created for me through these activities and drawings.
All final data was collected into a hand bound book.
All final data was collected into a hand bound book.
exercise 1
Participants were given an image to study for 10 seconds. They were then given a blank sheet
of paper to draw the scene from memory.
of paper to draw the scene from memory.
exercise 2 & 3
Participants were given two word lists to study. One list contains a random combination while the second is organized
by category. The word list is then removed and participants are asked to record as many words as they can remember
from the initial list.
by category. The word list is then removed and participants are asked to record as many words as they can remember
from the initial list.
Exercise 4
Participants were given a skeleton of a Brooklyn campus map. Participants were asked to draw the Pratt campus
to the best of their memory.
to the best of their memory.
Exercise 5
After given a blank sheet of paper with a dimensions of a phone screen, participants are asked to draw an accurate depiction of what an Instagram feed would look like.
Exercise 6
Participants were told to draw 5-10 emojis from memory on a blank sheet of paper. These emojis could be either most frequently used or simply a collection of favorites.
Exercise 7
Participants were asked to draw a cat. This is meant to observe the characteristics that individuals
associate with a common image.
associate with a common image.
Exercise 8
Participants were asked to draw Jesus in their own interpretation. This is meant to observe the characteristics that individuals associate with a prominent figure that also has cultural and religious connotation.