Process: Extemporaneous 1

ex·tem·po·ra·ne·ous: (1) : composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment

Durlach, Germany
February 29, 2012

A week ago my wife began to take our camera with her during her daily activities and shoot footage improvisationally.   Her intent was to capture images on the fly and then piece them together without any editing or post-production.  She describes the process as a way to break out of an artistic malaise and return to some sort of productive groove.

While this is true, I see her shots as an attempt to process her identity as it relates to her location and transient life, something she wrote about previously.  The seemingly random footage could be viewed as a metaphor for the various places, people and fragments of her life, which, when placed next to one another and not after one another, has the potential to create meaning.  Living abroad for the past year, I also feel this footage gives a sense of dislocation - part of an effort to find a home, if this is even possible.