Daily Archives: 19th Apr 2020

My original starting point for this project was to explore the idea of keeping secrets an how we value them within ourselves as well as how we communicate them to others. This led me to start the majority of my research by asking people to confess a secret to me in the form of an anonymous note. Through speaking to people about how they feel about having a secret i learned how greatly that type of private information is valued to each person. This i where i started to think about the environment where secrets are held and thought about. I used photography as well as drawing and collage to start producing work to try and communicate this idea that secrets exist within quiet places when people are given quiet and space to think. These 2D works i felt were successful in showing the contrast between the secrets and the environment however to push my idea further i would have to start thinking about making work that considered my audience more than just the people i could speak to. Changing my approach by opening it up to an unexpected audience using the posters of other peoples secrets and confessions started to bring in the question of trust and feeling of exposure to the people they belonged to. Through these pieces i started to consider what kid of conclusion i wanted to reach. I wanted the audience to be put in a position to think and consider there own secrets. Asking questions to people had become my main source of material and text to use so displaying that in a way that leaves it open ended and without an answer from an audience or specific person i felt would be best. I felt i responded well to my initial theme and intentions while still exploring all of the other elements keeping a secret has; Trust, exposure, loyalty, taboo, communication, confession and isolation. I feel like i used my time on this project well and explored multiple mediums and considered all possible outcomes. I really enjoyed researching artists specifically those whole question how there work interacts with audience, specifically a Jenny Holzer and Sophie Call. I felt I also managed my time well and responded well to feedback from crits.