When you’re raised in a house where no one speaks you start to listen to what isn’t said. The possibilities are endless and so you understand very quickly, not all whispers are meant for you.
‘Whispering a Secret’ presents itself as an indecipherable mystery. A labyrinth of clues centred around a family unit that leads readers down an indiscernible path. By interacting with the various twists and turns throughout the book, participants are invited into a state of ‘not knowing’. In which there is a premise of a family secret, but no real sense of certainty or closure amidst the speculation. Drawing on family archives, as well as my own photographs, the project offers a simulation of my childhood experiences. An environment shrouded in secrecy and whispers, centred around the feeling that everyone knows something, except for you.
Selected images from Whispering a Secret (Iteration no. 14), 2022, 192 pages, 147 x 98mm.