integrated care project proposal
I have been developing a project with Poole’s integrated care team that will see me working with people in the early stages of dementia and/or Alzheimer’s.
This project will deal with personal memories and human interaction with the land. We will explore the participants’ local landscape, using photography, drawing, writing, soundscapes, and GPS recordings. With each participant creatively recording a walk through their landscape that mixes facts with memory.
Participants will be taken through a series of workshops exploring photographic techniques and contemporary photography practices. This will enable them to document their own landscapes through documentary photography.
Participants will be asked to select a walk they regularly undertake, i.e. to a friends house, the local shop, restaurant, or pub. As well as record their journey using photography, we will ask participants to write a description of the journey and to explore their memory of the trip. We will ask that they sketch out the walk, as if they were describing the route to a friend; how do you get from A to B?
Lastly their walk will be technically recorded using a GPS recorder. All this information will be combined into a final exhibition, and possibly a catalogue and website.
The project will end with an exhibition in a local venue, celebrating the groups’ work. A website will show the ongoing work from the participants and allow a continuation of the work after the project has finished. A book will also be produced highlighting the work.
