*Once the stills were selected and composed on A3 sheets using adobe illustrator, these sheets were then used to make up the screens for printing the decals, which once printed were applied to the surface of the highfired (1220 degrees celsius) slipcast camera forms and fired further to 840 degrees celsius to fix onto […]
Dutch East Indies
Life on the Move-Kevin Andrew Morris
Working from the digitized 35mm film footage from the collection my project developed from my initial reactions. Initially my research conducted of spending time watching and re watching the films provided by the The Expatriate Archive Centre, taking screen shots/stills from the footage, compiling and arranging the images. Partly this was done as a way […]
Required Fields: A short history of Pulau Kemaro island – Natalie McIlroy
Since my last post I have spent time researching the history of Palau Kemaro, a small island near Palembang in South Sumatra. This was where the donor of my chosen collection lived as a girl. It is a small island but one of historical and touristic significance. Today it is a place where tourists go […]
Artefact #1: A New Found Tradition – Janne van Gilst
Artefact #1, first sketch, © Janne van Gilst First and foremost: great news! Through my last blog post I got in contact with the Dutch magazine ‘Archievenblad’, which specialises in writing about, and for, all kinds of national Dutch archives. They were very interested in the ‘Saudade’ project and are publishing an article in their […]
The Matter of Time-Kevin Andrew Morris
Working within archival and heritage based projects has been central to my current work and development. My most recent work engages with concepts of craft, material and place, motivated by an investigation of my own family heritage and material culture. Using research into the life of my grandfather (a fishing Ghillie in Aberdeenshire) I feel […]
Making Connections – Janne van Gilst
I think my first post on this blog should start with a short introduction. My name is Janne van Gilst, I’m 25 years old and I live in The Hague. I studied at the Royal Academy of Art and graduated in 2013 to become a photographer. My first visit to the Expatriate Archive Centre was […]