'Mistrust'

This piece questions the trust you place in those around you, and the extend to which you truly know someone.

I believe that no matter how much you think you may understand and know someone you will never 100% know those around you unless in their head. Unless being able to read a person's mind or understand their thought processes and emotions, this is a fact that continues to create a detached, uncomfortable and unchangeable feeling.

Drawing such a mundane scene enables the audience to relate to the image, whilst the glitch questions the ability to trust your own vision. Inspired by work from Dan Wheatley and Sam Taylor-Johnson , the glitch is designed to present a lack of trust within the piece. Did the drawing change or is it my eyes playing tricks? This encourages the audience to question how what they may see as a familiar everyday sight may in fact be a facade. The importance of technology aiding mistrust is also evident through the glitch. Technology can create fake truths.

The piece is drawn in graphite and left unfinished to show how you can never 100% know/understand or see a person for who they really are. The 'glitch' image is also drawn in graphite and projected for a split second over the piece.

Do you truly trust those around you?

Drawing - Graphite Pencil, 38"x58", 2019

^Final projection over the drawing

I experienced problems aligning the projection to the drawing due to limited time and lack of equipment. If presenting this for an exhibition I would set more time aside to align the projection whilst creating a better platform/set up for the projector.