Pauline Chee-A-Nam (37 years old. Born in United Kingdom. Lives in: Exeter) University of Plymouth
I work in any medium but at the moment I've been working alot with text and short film. Subject matter could be humorous or serious, I use text in a variety of formats - in books or L.E.D displays, on a bus, in a gallery or letters sent in the mail or hidden around different places.
Words are important to me as they allow me to communicate feelings and ideas without having to present myself and talk in person; I like to make people think and laugh in reaction to the artworks. I have lots of ideas! and i am excited to try these out as a new project forms or as it presents itself to me.
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Work of art I would like to make
One thing that comes to mind is although the world keeps turning the one thing I don’t think will change with the world in 25 years time is human nature. We will still have fears and battles within our selves.
I would like to explore the subject of confidence. Partly as a way to throw and challenge myself further into a situation where I must face people personally. This may seem strange but the last 2years in particular my work has been a build up for me to become more vocal and social in public situations. I no longer wish to hide behind the safety of making work quietly and now wish to allow it to make me work, to challenge me.
I want to explore not only my own insecurities but also to learn about the lack of confidence in others. My two years sofar has opened my eyes as to how many people like myself find these social situations difficult. How often I’ve taken people at face value and not known that often their confidence is just a façade. How often I’ve just allowed myself to sit back and fade into the background through fear.
I wish to show/highlight through my work these fears; gain a better understanding of why we often battle with a lack of confidence, low self-esteem etc. What are our coping strategies? Do we become actors and act out through a day reassuring us with self-affirmations?
I’m would like to achieve this work through multi media.
Film, sound, projections and I am considering performance but a definite social interaction further pushing my own boundaries will the main bases of exploration.