To remember... / 记得: the martin thomas memorial artwork
The Martin Thomas Memorial Artwork: commemorating the life, work and research of Dr Martin Thomas, former Deputy Head of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, and researcher specialising in multimodal translation at the Centre for Translation, Interpreting and Localisation Studies (CTILS).
I collaborated with colleagues and friends of Martin at the University of Leeds over the course of a year to create the artwork through a series of solo and group 'derives' or drifts, conversations, creative workshops and darkroom experimentation.
The moving image work, made on analogue film (super 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film), incorporates still and moving images captured during drifts, experimental animation and darkroom printing techniques that draw upon Martin's research into multimodality and archive of toothpaste packaging. The accompanying soundtrack centres people's experiences and memories of Martin.
‘To remember / 记得’: an exhibition of photographs, is now on permanent display in the Martin Thomas Translation Labs, University of Leeds.
Where to go next. Image by Joanna Byrne
Memories on campus. Image by Emma Cayley, University of Leeds
Ghost Signs in Harehills. Image by Anna Fraser, University of Leeds
