My mums mum

My proposal.

Obsession, we all have one. but for some it spirals out of control. some of us have money. but some of us have things, too many things. when this happens often it turns into a hoard and before we know it its too much to cope with.we suddenly realise the mess we've made and how hard throwing the things out can be.

My mums mum lives within a house full of clutter that has just expanded and expanded over the years until now and she cant cope with it at all. now she is on her own she has realised what shes living in and wants to do something about it.

Over the summer i went to visit her every week and helped her to get rid of some things. this turned out to be an almost impossible task. she has a memory for everything no matter how mundane they may seem. what is junk to us us a forgotten treasure to her.

for this project i want to give other people an insight into her life and also give me a chance to document her life, which is something that has always fascinated me.

People know that there are hoarders out there and that these places exist but it never seems real. but by experiencing it first hand your opinion on it completely changes and you start to understand how easy it can be to develop a hoard.

this project will be very personal to me and will hopefully help me to get to know my mums mum better. she will be in her natural surroundings and aware of the camera. i hope it wont come across as being too intrusive.

My plan will be to spend lots of time with her, capturing everything i see and then letting the project develop itself. i also want to develop some short recordings to add to it.

Personal View

What am i going to do. what do i want to show. what am i capturing.

The purposes if this project it to focus on subject that can be reflected personally.  now i have taken that in a fairly literal sense and have chosen to focus on a subject that is close to me and one that i can personally get involved it. it is also something that i have wanted to work on for some time but have never had the right frame of mind or commitment to do it well. therefore i am hoping for this project i will be able to successfully execute the project and produce a very personal and reflective document that will help to build my portfolio.

Because it is such a long project it needed to be based on something that i can continue to visit and develop more as the project progresses. therefore by focusing on something family based has seemed like the most appropriate option.