Shameen Arshad
When cave paintings and images were enough to communicate man came up with language. The texts in these images have been given the same form but their order has been slightly tampered with making it less comprehensible. It is to break down words in such a way so that a person has to struggle to read an entire statement and despite the struggle he/she is not sure what they really read. This is because there is a disturbance in the order of something very common and seen every day. As humans it’s our nature to want a conclusion, an end result of all our actions; a sense of closure. When that is taken away from individuals they tend to feel uncomfortable. The idea of making an effort in life to struggle and not getting results is unsettling. Similarly, my images leave the viewer uncomfortable. My aim is to create the "unsettling" feeling.
When cave paintings and images were enough to communicate man came up with language. The texts in these images have been given the same form but their order has been slightly tampered with making it less comprehensible. It is to break down words in such a way so that a person has to struggle to read an entire statement and despite the struggle he/she is not sure what they really read. This is because there is a disturbance in the order of something very common and seen every day. As humans it’s our nature to want a conclusion, an end result of all our actions; a sense of closure. When that is taken away from individuals they tend to feel uncomfortable. The idea of making an effort in life to struggle and not getting results is unsettling. Similarly, my images leave the viewer uncomfortable. My aim is to create the "unsettling" feeling.