Occipital Lobe (R)

To start off the Occipital Lobe sits at the back of the brain.

The Occipital Lobe is in charge of visual processing. It identifies and differentiates shapes and color from one another. This is also how we understand letters (because after all, they are just shapes).

From what I understood is that the right and left parts of the occipital lobe do the exact same thing unlike other parts of the brain. 

For my observation, I was looking at my Polaroid camera. Thinking with this part of the brain I focused on shapes and colors. My main thinking was "What does a polaroid look like using only visual information".

This is the shape that I ended up using and then carving into a block stamp.

I then printed this image onto a polaroid I had taken of my cat (with expired film so that is why the image is a little distorted). In the end, I ended up stamping it 6 times to create a pattern.

(the craft is a little off due to the surface being slippery and not porous like paper)

Temporal Lobe (R) + Memories

Temporal Lobe (Right)

The temporal lobes are associated with processing auditory information and the encoding of memory. The right temporal lobe (or the non-dominant lobe) is involved in learning and remembering non-verbal information, such as visuospatial material and music. It is also specialized to process nonverbal memories such as memories for pictures, visual scenes, familiar faces, routes, and directions. 

I wanted to focus on how the temporal lobe is associated with non-verbal memories (pictures and music) so I decided to do a timelapse of the sky.
I didn’t have an intervalometer, which is basically an automated shutter release, so I had to do the timelapse manually. While I sat there taking a photo every 15 mins, and then every 5 mins, I was listening to music and the music brought up memories. With each song, I can remember where I was, who I was with, and what time of day it was. So I decided to couple the two. I mashed it all together so it kind of looks and sounds like switching through memories. 


Here's the video:
The password is CCT

Flipping Through Memories from Tamar Patterson on Vimeo.