Memory Research Project

 Thank you to all who have responded. All the boxes have been booked.



Call for paprticipants.

I would like to make an experiment in memory and require people to participate.

My goal is to research how much information is retained during a certain activity and how this is recalled at a later date. It would be good if this could be incorporated into a walk, either a group walk or an individual walk.
This work will be realised as an exhibition in the future, please bear this in mind when considering taking part. All information either written, drawn, spoken, photographed, will be anonymous, participants memory boxes and contents will only be identified as "Specimen A" etc.,
The experiment will take place from 19th November 2010 and will end on the last week in February 2011

If you wish to take part please email me at dogtireda AT gmail DOT com

Memories of place/activity

Equipment provided by me to participants:

Box, paper, pen, instructions.

Think of a walk in the broadest terms, e.g. it could be a trip to the supermarket, school run, organised walk. A walk could be how you walk around at work, or in your studio.

I would like participants to go for a walk and do the following:

Record your route, either a written list of where you walked, google map, hand drawn map,

place in box provided.

Walk and collect items that you come across during the walk.

Place these items in the box provided, this can be anything as long as it fits inside the box.

Write (on the paper provided), a list of what you did, felt, thought, on the walk, bullet points only.

You may put a photograph of the walk inside the box, a drawing, or a newspaper/magazine clipping of that day.

A week later I will ask you to recount the walk (as a voice recording), without prompts, then recall the walk using the items in the box.

After the recording I will ask a few questions on how you think you retain and recall memory.