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Words can seem benign and simple, but the complexity of what a statement implies can easily deride our assumptions. As we are increasingly defined by the words that we extend through emails, texts and online social networking venues, the choice of what to say or how it is said becomes extremely relevant; a simple sentence becomes a proclamation. Text, as art, allows a viewer to enter a work with confidence, as they presume to understand what is being initially stated. Yet words can play a delicate exchange of power, encouraging an audience to suppose a narrator while questioning what they understand the content to mean. Exploiting the use of text, I aim to confront the simplicity by which we have been culturally enticed to define ourselves. My intention is to challenge both the sincerity and honesty pre-supposed by our online networking, micro blogging and text-posting activities. My work, as magnified text on a wall, questions its importance and allows for various interpretations as we inadvertently take words out of context and consume partial conversations.

 
I JUST SAW YOUR SKELETON I HEARD THAT THIS IS GAY PLS MSG ME IF YOU KNOW HOW EVERYBODY HERE IS ALREADY TIRED OF TALKING TO ME
PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME SORRY I CAN'T OFFICIALLY HELP READ ME TWICE READ ME TWICE I AM BEHIND YOU THAT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU
 
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