Where I lay my head is home

This project started out in 2006 as a reaction and counter balance to the cliché “tourist photo” which has now become a cultural phenomenon known as the “Selfie”. Laying down on the ground in various locations around Earth reflects my ongoing curiosity with self-presentation in public and private spaces and the document of the here and now. Where I Lay My Head is Home grapples with the evolving relationship between images, memory, and place in an age of digital overload. Lying down in diverse locations resists the fleeting nature of the “selfie” and its ephemerality, creating a quieter, more personal record of presence in the landscape. It contrasts with the "throwaway culture" by emphasizing a “grounded”, contemplative form of self-documentation that connects memory to specific places, preserving personal and cultural landscapes rather than letting them fade into digital noise. There is a recurrent insistence to document the present while remembering the past, to keep a connection to tradition and a conservation of our social and cultural relationships to the landscape around us. This is how I remember.