J Dorothea Smith is a trans-disciplinary artist and educator who works with lens based media and audio, expanded practices of printmaking and poetry. Creating installation pieces and artworks that reflect her negotiated perception of place, memory and associated research. The imagination is a deeply consuming place, and yet its hold is delicate and fleeting, a moment of reverie can be easily ended by small external, or indeed internal, forces. A noise, a movement a banal thought, can remove us, only to return at a later time and the moment is lost or changed, never being recaptured in the same way, we have changed since the last visit. This is a phenomena that is attached to the memory artefact, every time we revisit this place of memory it is different, here is the crux, artworks are not merely representational an aide memoir—they can be mirrors into to the imaginary. We are the mediators and we decide on meanings of place and this is infinite, imaginings have perceived beginnings and the possibility of no end, just a series of visitations that are differing and open ended. The photograph is a revenant. The sound is a negotiated space where experience can be pierced and place can be changed.
Projects
- To all the Birds I never knew.I found a tape, made by the BBC, it was recorded in 1976-- the year I was born. The tape was a record of common UK birds and wildlife at the time, I found that a high percentage of the birds are now on the amber and red conservation lists. What I felt was strange, I had never got to know them or their calls, not coming from the kind of family that took note of these things, and now maybe never would. The experience I did have of nature was in my grandads garden, cultivated keenly, and shared gen
- The FrontThis walk is part of the Devonport Heritage trail, layers of history and societal change present themselves to me. The lure of the sea is enticing, now and in the past. I wonder if conditions are favourable? Follow this link to discover the current condition of the sea. You may also guess at what it is like to be there now based on the forecast. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/marine-shipping-forecast#plymouth This community space is an open access area, the boundary wal
Work history
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PhotographerJ.Dorothea Smith Photography
Plymouth, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Photographic Direction
- Photographic Printing
- Darkroom Printing
- Darkroom Processing
- Studio Co-ordination
- Studio Photography
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Graphic Design
- Writing
- Research
- Lecturing
Education
PhDUniversity of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Currently studying for my Phd concerning " How does Photographic education respond to a molecular account of vision?" and " Photography, the molecule and personal agency"
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Plymouth College of Art
Plymouth, United Kingdom
BA Photography, Concerning both commercial and arts practices.
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