Recreating moments

SO when we discussed project ideas, i was in a state of complete confusion about how to take any ideas forward. i was in the middle of another course's project and was being influenced by the ideas emerging from that project (namely nostalgia) so my initial questions that were about time and the present and the nature of actuality were distorted into these new ideas. A little stepping back gave me a little more clarity in what i really wanted to explore.

I want to explore experiences of time. I want to explore present and past through the limits of physical time. The present is an instant, but the present is experienced in varying lengths of time. What we consider to be a 'moment' can range anywhere from being a second to many years. COnsequently, cosmic moments, as i imagine them, must span light years. How do days, weeks, months become measures of time when it is so relative? How do we describe some events in such close detail that makes them seem so rich and full of minute movements, while others remain rough sketches that are short-lived, brief. How do we categorize the beginning and ending of a moment when we want to re-tell it to someone? these are the questions I've been asking.

My project will be to create a series of photographic images that represent moments wherein each moment is represented by two pictures that trace its beginning and end. The length in physical time between these two images may vary from moment to moment. I already have a few sets of photos that demonstrate how experience of time is relative and how 'the present' varies from experience to experience. I will compile these images either on a blog or in a book and make notes on the time and date of each picture taken.

A more 'together' statement coming up soon. Please comment on what you think of this idea and add to it!