Each image has been placed in its own individual box. It has been attached to four blocks on the back plate, giving the illusion of it “floating” in the box. With the images being mounted in this way, they can continue to decay by curling at the edges. With the images being inside the boxes, it makes them precious objects which nobody can touch. They have become forbidden.
I have chosen each image to be decaying in different ways to make the piece look like a multitude of emotions. It looks more like sustained frustration, anger, hurt, etc.
The variety of images will challenge the viewer to look through all twelve boxes and make links between the image and how I am holding myself and the way it has been attacked.
I believe this will be more complex and engaging.
I have placed the images in the grid in a particular order. The three images on the very left-hand side are all of me facing to the right and all three of the images on the very right-hand side are all of me facing to the left. The six images in the middle are all of my head in the centre. This is to emphasise the confined and restricted elements of the boxes. It is to reiterate the claustrophobic feeling of being judged and attacked (be it verbally or physically) by the world we live in for being individuals.
The boxes, being made of acrylic, look quite futuristic - the opposite of the decayed effects and traditional processes used. This is to represent that people are still being judged and scrutinised in this day and age but it is something being fought and could eventually be a thing of the past.