Are memories made or lost through snapshot photography? An investigation of the role of photography in forming memory. (The act of) recording through the lens affects the psychological process of memory, and our experience of the original moment.

A compilation of archived phone footage from every day in November, 'November as I Remember' explores how the act of remembering is imperfect, inaccurate. And can sometimes change the memory itself. The video is an attempt to visually represent how one remembers. By nature, it is also a commentary on society's increasing reliance on photographic technology to 'record memory'.

The project initially began as Su Qi's own version of Caesar Kuriyama’s One Second Every Day project, a stockpile of one second video clips that form a memento of the year. His concept touches upon visualisation as a method of triggering memory, viewing the project as a way to remember everything. 'November as I Remember' was influenced by Kuriyama's snappy no-frills editing, but became less of a mnemonic device and more of an interpretation of how memory works.

Pictures of photo album to come