Confessions + 


“The mirror that the artist can create is very different to that of the priest, or the therapist. The crucial difference is not just that this encounter is unstructured by the dictates of religion or science. It is that, in becoming present to one another through art, Simon and her subjects build a shared symbolic world. Unconstrained by language, creative media allow Simon to reflect experiences that defy words.”  -  Nikita Kaur Simpson 

[*] Read the full essay by Nikita Kaur Simpson here

[**] Stills below from Confessions, a film by David Gösta Dawson, watch here

 



Confessions is site responsive project by artist Electra Simon that explores how identity is created, layer by layer, memory by memory, confession by confession. Participants are invited to share their thoughts, memories, or secrets in a ‘confession box’, it’s a tacit invitation to confess, in whatever form that takes for them. What is shared, or sensed, is then transformed into artworks that are metaphorical, ambiguous, yet rooted in the raw emotions and stories of the participants.

Like our sense of self, these symbols are fluid, often contradictory, and open to interpretation. They point to truths that elude articulation, slipping through our fingers as soon as we try to grasp them. In Confessions, the exploration of self becomes a journey toward dissolution: the more we try to define who we are, the more the boundaries between self and other dissolve, ultimately revealing the interconnectedness of all beings. 

Confessions is currently in development across multiple cities, including Beirut, London, and Madrid. Featured in DAZED and CYTE magazine. 

12/09/25 - 20/09/25
Bate Social Store, curated by Martin Mayorga 
Madrid, Spain

Photos by Michèle Aoun