This body of work takes inspiration from Alfred Tennyson’s poem The Lady of Shalott, where a woman is cursed to live in isolation, experiencing the world only through its reflection in a mirror. If she dares to look at the outside world directly, at Camelot, she risks ruin.
Since 2016, my practice has explored how we construct personal narratives to make sense of the world around us. Half Sick of Shadows continues this investigation, focusing on themes of isolation and filtered perception. It reflects on the stories we build when cut off from direct experience, particularly in a time when much of the world has endured isolation, experiencing life primarily through screens. These digital reflections, like the mirror in Tennyson’s poem, can distort reality, leaving each of us to weave our own versions of the truth, comfortable, curated, and often incomplete.
Half Sick of Shadows asks what happens when we leave the safety of our curated perspectives. What is lost and what might finally be seen?
Suné Horn 