Shattered Truths The cracks in the installation suggest that established myths—whether personal, societal, or historical—are fragile and ultimately unable to withstand the pressures of time. I will create earthquake cracks screen printed on to the substantial surface of Lino to ensure it is stable for exhibitions. I will also create a ceramic earthquake piece using the…

Modern society has incorporated Surveillance culture into our daily lives with alacrity, allowing huge corporations to harvest our private date, monitoring our movements, checking our social media use and community policing. Cracked Myths, albeit set in an ancient world, comments on this. Graceco Roman pillars have surveillance cameras attached to them, the three Cyclopes have surveillance…

I am intending to decorate the ancient pillars with graffiti. I really like this example from a Pompei pub. “YOU LOVE IRIS, BUT SHE DOES NOT LOVE YOU.” These ancient, informal records read like overheard gossip. I will have to choose my own.  Translated examples include:  SATOR Square While a precise, poetic translation is debated…

These are my thoughts as I set off on my new project Cracked Myths. Here is my first TO DO list and it can only get bigger…. To Do List But, before I start, why create an ancient dystopia in the first place….