Personal images.
Human experiences.
Open questions.

It begins with a relationship. An older person shares their life story; I explain what I can create, and they sometimes request a scene using their photographs.

I have created videos of people with their partners when they were young, and observed happiness in their responses. I would like to understand those experiences more deeply.

• What research could help interpret these responses?
• What might animation add to an ordinary photograph?
• How can the person's own account guide further exploration?

I created a video of myself as a boy walking with my dog in Norway's Vigeland Park. The scene is imagined, based on a real childhood photograph.

A further idea concerns the warmth I missed from my father: an explicitly imagined scene in which he shows affection towards me and my dog. This scene is still an idea.

• How might this relate to mental imagery and autobiographical memory?
• What knowledge could guide exploration of imagined supportive interactions?
• How could emotional responses be understood and evaluated?

I have witnessed handling with little communication or explanation. This prompted an idea: record or recreate a care situation from the older person's viewpoint.

The purpose would be awareness and reflection on communication, acknowledgement and time to respond. This has not yet been developed.

• What can we learn from immersive education and perspective-taking?
• What can a recording convey—and what might it miss?
• How could its value for caregiver reflection be investigated?