“The theory that parts of a whole are in intimate interconnection, such that they cannot exist independently of the whole, or cannot be understood without reference to the whole, which is thus regarded as greater than the sum of its parts.”

How this was created:

"First, I selected photographs that I had taken as a child which, until recently, had been lost and forgotten; found whilst clearing out my childhood home. The photographs form a collective family memory and, much like memories themselves, they are unique. I then blended the original prints with water to make paper pulp and turned the pulp back into paper. This is similar to how we share memories: all of the visual information is on the paper, although it cannot be interpreted correctly; the details – thoughts and emotions – cannot be conveyed."

I really enjoyed the idea behind this outcome but also liked that it could represented in a different physical form. The fact that the paper rather than containing information on it, contains the information within itself which cannot be deciphered fully to a photo's physical form even when explained.  

The work I have created using glitch art with a message inside of the image still created an overall image where the original could be separated. I figured that I could use this idea to create my own paperbut rather than a spoken memory that could not be understood anyway - to reproduce the original information that I had hidden within the coding. Repeating the idea that something can be destroyed over and over but still create something which itself can also be destroyed, an endless reptition much like energy. 

After deciding to make paper, I chose a selection of the images that I had used poetry, opinions or just coding to glitch and create images to print off. Doing the same as Jake had for this, I tore these and blended them to mix with pulp. Some of the pieces I had torn I wished to stil have sections visible in order to be seen when looking at these pieces of paper through a light source.