I’d lost count of the amount of times I’d heard the opening words ‘You have the right to remain silent’… and yet, I couldn’t remember the whole statement exactly as it should be said. Why is that? I watch endless amounts of crime dramas on TV and I love to read a good murder mystery… but getting the words in the right order exactly as they are said, is not that easy.
‘Right to Remain’ is a continuation of the statement theme. The work explores the nature of familiar statements, which have been recited in a repetitive nature, carefully rehearsed but not necessarily understood. It raises a question mark over this actual understanding. Do certain communications become so familiar that they lose their significance?
Do we actually understand our rights?
