Interaction Design School of Design
Jenny Coyle
Exploring my struggles with grief, loss, time, memory and home through the process of using making as a form of therapy.
Growing up beside the beach and following the recent loss of my Dad led me to experiment with the theory of water holding memory and in turn becoming a place for me to store and explore my own.
My practice has mostly consisted of metalwork, this material and process representing longevity and the rusting mirroring the change in time. This has led to metal becoming the piece that holds these bodies of water that contain my memories.
(You) by my side
Reflecting on my own memories I have been able to create a series of sculptures that suspend subwoofer speakers that play my distorted memories through low frequency audio creating vibrations over the bodies of water that these sculptures hold.
Replicating the theory of water holding memory to create my own personal beach.
(You) by my side (Work in Progress show)
Using mostly scraps and found objects I decided to create an interactive water sculpture from metal and rusted plaster that displays distorted memory dialogue but after human interaction with the water returning back to normal conveying the memories will in turn come back to me too.
