I will hopefully get better photos and upload a few details of the surrounding drawings.

This is my final installation, it was well received. The details have much more legible text.

Here is my statement if you care to go into that shit--the panels are also in the gallery.

We Noticed It Too

This series was developed to explore the grey area between conversations and conventional storytelling devices. None of the characters are shown as the hero (or heroine) of the story, but the awkward glances and text leave room for interpretation as to who is thinking or saying these things (if there is anything said at all). Repetition of characters connect the scenes together to form an overall narrative between the panels and creates more questions (such as the relationships between each character) but rarely answers them.

The emotion is more apparent in the surrounding sketches, making them more inwardly focused than the panels. These drawings often show a push and pull or a schizophrenic view of the world -- asking for distance, pulling back in, and directing questions to the viewer more than themselves. This creates a strange dialog with the viewer. They support each other only in context but each one separates from the group with different media, paper, and sizes.

The use of human abjection is shown through the vacant stares and static poses throughout the series. The characters are not to be pitied or understood, and the emotion is subtle but not strong enough for the viewer to understand from whom the text is coming (one of the characters, an “offscreen” observer, or the viewer themselves). This is another grey area, which includes incomprehensible conversations coupled with uncaring people and referencing bad or unfortunate circumstances without any linear connections (the event in question: when it happened or if the text is coming from an outside source, such as a narrator retelling the events depicted).

None of the panels are meant to be seen as true events; they are each experimental situations with no assigned content other than what the viewer brings to them.