Confessions

🛐 A series of work that explores the tradition of confession.

🤫 I'm creating a makeshift confession box in my studio and inviting people to come and confess. The idea is to explore how confessions look in a secular society. Does the act necessarily presuppose an objective morality? Or can they still be useful as an unburdening of ourselves? What happens to the ownership of your thoughts once they're expressed? As two, we're a microcosm of society, so it makes it a lot easier to think about these questions together, rather than as an individual. We're more interesting in dialogue than we are on our own, especially in the space of a confession box which traditionally represents a human dialogue with God.

After the session I make a painting afterward that captures the essence of what is revealed. It will be as anonymous & ambiguous as desired.

😈 If you're curious to know more, or would like to confess, please email me (hello@electrasimon.com).