A Discussion in Colour about how Facts are Distorted by Changes in Emphasis or by Mistruths (Lies) Known or Unknown.
LetterPress, Blockprint, 2024
Mis- and Disinformation together with censorship have been a method of disruption for aeons, no more so than today, where it is very evident that the Democracies in which many of us live and the freedoms we have are threatened.
Having researched this, including the mistranslations of Darwin's Origin of the Species, Russian meddling during the Spanish Civil War, through to the mayhem that is the present day, where it is of pandemic proportions, this work gives pause and an opportunity for reflection through the analog.
I used Letterpress, an original form of information dissemination and printing the written word, together with colour blockprint to 'colour' the words printed: original text is covered, word order is changed or removed, and by implementing these apparently small changes the impact and ultimately the meaning of each piece is altered.
Ideally this would work would fill a room, with many iterations (some true using multiples from originals and others fake), but that needs funding! However, this exhibit is the largest yet, shown in the recent group exhibition In Translation with colleagues from the RCA at the Handbag Factory, May 2024
Void
Bronze on Marble, 2022
A Destructive Beauty - Quarry Series .01
Oil on found board tryptic
40 x 130 cm
