'Outside/Inside'

'Outside/Inside' is a piece that analyses the activity inside the home. There can be rows, even blocks of houses that appear identical in the exterior, and there are homes that can be total polar-opposites sitting side by side. The one thing that every building has that is unique though lies within. How we decorate our homes reflects strongly about who we are. We project ourselves onto the character of the interior, aiming to create a nest for ourselves to feel safe and comfortable in. Our behavior in many ways is affected also when inside our homes, as we feel secure enough to act more liberally than how we would outside. I know that I am not alone when I say that when I walk along the street, I often wonder what the interior to the houses that I am walking past are like, or what is going on behind those doors, walls and windows. I took this idea and pursued it in this piece by constructing a structure which acts as a representation of a home. I then painted a brick wall onto one side of the canvas and a room onto the other. Finally, I projected videos of ordinary activities that occur in the home aiming to give the viewer an x-ray vision of what is going on inside. When looking at the piece, the vouyeuristic connotations tare easy to see. Though there is no activity that delves into the sexual, the idea of being able to see into somebody's personal space still remains.

This is my latest piece of work, and is still under construction. The images above are for documentation purposes only, and do not represent the true and final appearance of the piece. Above the structure I would hang a roof, further producing a clearer imagery of the aesthetics of a house. Secondly, I would extend the video, with a better variation of events, so to create a more accurate representation of the activities inside a home. The canvas itself is not complete; on one side I would work more on the painting and on the other I would attach windows to it, exaggerating the idea of the X-ray vision. Once these tasks are carried out, will it only be completed.