Tell me what I know

‘Tell me what I know’ seeks to explore the constantly evolving relationship with truth, lies and emotions, through imagery, particularly imagery present online, especially social media. This research attempts at understanding how this  disregard towards the truth and reality, has led to post-truth imagery. The presence of lies, particularly those online are now expected. This results in a public that is complacent. Which in itself is considered to be a post-truth reaction. With this work the artist hopes that these themes will be brought forward and thus allow for discussion regarding the relationship the public has with lies and how this relationship impacts the publics behaviour and perception.

This installation ‘Tell me what I know’ can be broken into two main portions: 

The centrepiece stems from the myth of the Judgement of Paris. This myth is being used to serve as a commentary on the current relationship users have with social media, whilst the Pantone® swatch layout serves to highlight the misinformation that envelopes the public.  Pantone® is considered to be a universal standard for colours, and therefore in this work a lie is being told under the guise of an objective numeric standard.

Through the use of periscopes, the viewer was invited to interact with the installation by directing the gaze onto different points of the work. In doing so, the work comments on the authorities' impact on perceptions. Finally, the trapezoid structure in which the viewer entered is a nod to Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon prison. The structure seeks to mimic a panopticon cell, in which prisoners self-correct their behaviour as they never know when they are being watched.