Prophecies and Deceits

The writer R W Mitchell defined deception as ‘a false communication that tends to benefit the communicator'[1]. ‘Prophecies and Deceits' is a body of work that attempts to expose deceptions through the ambiguities of political speeches and our propensity to be taken in by them. Our perception of the truth is based on our beliefs and our belief in others, but paradoxically it is not in our best interest to learn the truth. The truth is far more complicated, and foreboding. ‘Prophecies and Deceits' is fundamentally about the dichotomy between the words that we believe are true and the deception that hides behind them.

[1] Vrij. A, Detecting Lies and Deceit, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 2000.

Everything is falling into place. The artworks are nearly all finished. I hang on thursday the 9th of April and I'm feeling a bit nervous.

I have been trying to write about my work and am finding it dififcult. It is as if all my energy has been spent on the making process. A friend of mine said I should wait and write about it after the exhibition is over. I need to renergise and have a clearer head space to view the work and intellectualise about it.