Artist Statement - Arrayah Loynd

My brain doesn’t hold memory
Not much anyway

What memory there is is fragmented, disjointed
Something that I can’t quite touch
But leaves me feeling confused, frustrated and overwhelmed

My brain doesn’t work in a linear fashion
It shoots off into a million different points at once
Stretching me thin and exhausted

I see fragments of words spoken and feel moments of deeds done
They hold me down and hold me back

Like a child I fold into myself,
Disorientated as to what is real and what is not

Told to be good, be still, be silent

This world is not for the likes of me
I can try and negotiate but it makes no difference
I am frustrated and frustrating
Ask anyone

I am not who they say I am
I am not who you think I am
I am no one and nothing
I am everyone and everything

So come and find me
But only in the small moments when I want to be found

I make no promise that I will be there

My brain doesn’t process thoughts and feelings very well. It struggles to separate things, gets them all tangled up and leaves me exhausted.
Being able to express myself visually/creatively becomes a burning need.
It brings a sense of relief from extreme emotions and physical sensations that I don’t always understand. It helps me to unravel the coil in my belly and the burning in my mind.

Arrayah Loynd is a conceptual photographic artist whose work explores themes of memory, trauma and the female experience. She works with altered photography and mixed media.

Arrayah works as a freelance artist and has taught photography at RMIT and Melbourne Polytechnic and specialises in concept/folio development, colour management and fine art printing.

Arrayah Loynd
Come and Find Me
The Residents Gallery
19th May - 12th June 2022

MEET THE ARTIST
Sunday 22nd May 2022
10:00am - 2:00pm
The Residents Gallery
Free Entry, All Welcome

Artwork image courtesy of Arrayah Loynd