It is common for people to have public and private personas. In an act of self-censorship people choose to highlight or cover up certain aspects of themselves. Ben Woodcock believes this often inhibits an entire understanding of a person. In his work, he has tried to highlight this phenomenon. Looking at censorship of other forms, i.e. unclassified documents, edited photographs, Woodcock created a book. Using tracing paper, he made sections that rely on a few pages to become whole. Some pages censor information on other pages, some are not coherent without another page, and some need to be read in order to compete a sentence. He has incorporated graphic elements, which are peeled back by the reader to strengthen the notion of superficial appearances. The materials, colours, and layout have been left intentionally minimal to draw attention to the elements that are present.
Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art, Design and Media
Benjamin Woodcock
