Family tree

Since my early childhood my dad has been renting DVDs from video clubs to see movies. Both me, my brother and mum went with him and we used to choose animation movies and play station games we didn't have in the house. This situation happened so often that my parents started to bought mine and my brother's favorite movies and games, created that way a large collection of DVDs. I thought the DVD keep case as medium to project my memories over the years.

Being interested in to the idea of memories I decided to use my memories to create a series of DVDs and to place a booklet inside them as my family tree. By thinking about what memories I want to use I notice that many of them are not visual memories. So decided to create these memories by erasing people and parts from other pictures and place them above.

In the first picture my grandma and one friends of hers have a discussion in the terrace. Every summer me and my family placed white chairs in the terrace and we spend there are nights there.

As a kid I spend several hours of playing in the kitchen. I remember that I had a doll which gets tattoos and change the hair color when you put her in water.

During summer vacations my mum bring some DVDs and a DVD player for me and my brother to see movies as we didn't have TV in the hotel. I didn't have a picture of that so I use one photo of my mum summer vacation.

I edited the first picture to have an accurate presentation of the stairs near to the utility room. When I was kid and I was sick I didn't want to get my medicines. M my mum to convince me to do that recommend me to go to the utility room above our house and eat walnuts, but only if I take my medicines. So I take them and we broke the walnuts and my grandfather hammer.

In the past I had one big diamond castle. Because it was so big I had to place it in the living room as I had a small bedroom. My grandma didn't let me to play with the castle after 2 pm. For the reason that she wanted to sleep and then watch TV. So I wake up early in the morning to play with the castle.

Started to note my memories during the class. In the beginning, I wanted to write one story for every member of my family. However every time I tried to focus on one story I immediately remembered another one. So I decided to write them all down and then try to find my family pictures. I have archived most of my family pictures on my phone in the past, so I started to observe the photos. By comparing the pictures to the notes I notice that almost all of my notes are memories that no one takes pictures of. I ask several questions about the way I choose to write memories that are not visual. Why does no one take pictures of them? Am I the only one that remembers them? Why are they so important to me? I believe that as a kid I had many routines that only I understood. The fact that I wake up early to see cartoons, to play with my toys or to make coffee for my father are things I did everyday. Maybe it was an escape for me for the family fights in the house. I give emphasis to these actions because it was my entertainment. I created my entertainment.
Then I started to think if I could share any of these memories with my family. I used to have a deep connection with my brother. Both of us were obsessed with our toys, cartoons and video games. I remember that we spent hours watching TV, playing video games and playing together. I always loved to see him play video games. Not because I can't do that but he was so calm when he played. II had created one playlist with all the shows I used to see with my brother. My mum was always there for us and we also saw cartoons together. She loved a movie about one redhead creature. When my dad was alive he was always missing from the house. And when he was home he played many hours of one game about Smurfs.