Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minAudience Participation StudiesI created a short study where I invited an audience of people to look at my samples, which had been displayed. I developed a survey to determine whether the ...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minVera - Memory Cafe ParticipantThrough informal interview methods it was clear that Vera was felt less isolated when she attended the Memory Café. Vera’s daughter noted that since Vera’s h...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minJohn - Memory Cafe ParticipantJohn began the session a little quietly and it appeared he was not confident with embroidery, however after he began to form conversations and interest with ...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minWorkshops for Alzheimer's SocietyI began running a table with the Alzheimer’s society at their ‘Memory cafés’, aiming for participants to work on individual patchwork squares, decorated with...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minBenefits of Visual Stimulation For DementiaI was interested in the use of senses as a stimulus for memory, a concept which has been validated through research. Dementia and Imagination collaboration, ...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minSynthetic/ Digital MemoriesIn an exhibition by Wade Guyton – Das New Yorker Atelier Abridged at Serpentine gallery 2017, I was inspired by the use of consumer grade printing equipment ...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20182 minBerlinI visited Berlin, November 2017. The experience was influential to the rationale behind my project; I was drawn to the way certain factors had formed part of...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 minPlaces of SignificanceI was inspired by Rebecca Louise Law ‘Iris’ exhibition at Now Gallery, 2016. The Now Gallery is built on marsh land, and the Iris is a marsh flower so in som...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20182 minMusic and MemoryBBC Radio 6 ‘Music and Memory’ programme motivated research into the way music can be used to prompt emotional memory. Within the programme there was discuss...
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20181 min'Threads'I used objects to relay memory in workshops for ‘Memory cafés’ with the Alzheimer society. This was inspired by artist Jane Wallis and her project ‘Threads’....
Augusta PhilippouJun 17, 20182 minObjects Embedded with Memories“I came upon two photographs - of a black cape and trapezoidal gown…I looked down and saw that they were designed by a man named Balenciaga. It went straight...
