RSA 2024 GRADUATES

2024BA → Samara Materna

Sammie’s first steps (close–up).

Samara Materna

BA in Art and Psychology

My work explores the detatchment between my current self and my younger self through the use home videos. I explore key themes of nostalgia, coming of age and family. The home videos are central to my practice, they are archives of my childhood through the eyes of my dad. I use screenprinting to recreate and adapt stills from these videos as a way to reconnect with my younger self, whilst distorting and layering images to reflect the idea of a false memory created
by video.

Sammie’s first steps (2002), screen print on fabric, 3m × 3m, 2024.
What Happened To Her? (close-up).
What Happened To Her?, screenprint on paper, A3, 2023.
What Happened To Her? (close-up).

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