ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Have you ever experienced the voluntary ignorance or minimization of an obvious, evident truth?
Social taboos and generally embarrassing, controversial situations can be good examples of realities from which humankind’s attitude tends to escape.
Indeed, we prefer to avoid discussion around disturbing, difficult themes, even if those are particularly conspicuous.
WHY DO WE CHOOSE TO RUN AWAY FROM HIGHLY CHARGED ISSUES, RATHER THAN FACING THEM?
The exhibition Elephant in the Room converts the invisible, or what we pretend not to see, into visible, testing and analyzing themes and sensations that often challenge our behaviors as human beings. As society accustomed us to take distance from controversial, embarrassing experiences, we became used to hiding to ourselves the emotions resulting from particular topics or situations.
The gallery space displays multimedia works from a big range of young artists, which convey their personal interpretation of the theme through their art. You are facing many diverse Elephants, with which you have the chance to connect more directly, therefore dialoguing with usually hidden truths.
Hence, there is always something that is seeking to be heard and talked about, either apparently invisible or voluntarily omitted; there is always something in between us involving our unconscious state.
16th – 20st November, Four Corners Gallery, London.
TEITATT QWAY
(The Elephant Is The Answer To The Question Who Are You)
The video is a loop animation made of twelve drawings in sequence, which are going to be exposed and relate to the twelve frames on the wall.
The concept behind this project is the idea that what we don’t say is not always who we really are.
That all the thoughts we have in our heads, that make us the person we are, are always hidden and kept a secret in our minds.
So I wanted to express this, representing the chaos of the ideas through a video with some of the thoughts I wrote.
PROPOSAL
THE 12 FRAMES
ANIMATION
THE EXIBITHION
thank you so much for watching
