Through a glass darkly
‘For now, we see though a glass, darkly’
In the era of Trump’s ‘fake news’ or twitter bots, big data and
algorithmic newsfeeds it has become easier for tactical obfuscation, a ‘Post
truth’ muddying of the waters. The public discourse has felt increasingly
divisive, with each of us in echo chambers, our own views reflected back at us.
Black mirrors simplify values and reflect shadows: The Black glazed surface of
the ceramic mirror can disrupt the image; the variations of black glazes can
refract the light differently and the translucency can reveal things within or
inside the glaze. It also includes the viewer into the image on the surface.
The thick black liquidity of glaze has the capacity to absorb the gaze.
This work is part of the
Jerwood Makers Open 2019Tana West