'Truth coat', 'Lies dress' 'Secrets slip'
"After recently relocating to the South I realised that I had to make a decision about every new person I met, based just on what they told me. I was invisible in this new environment and had no shared history with any of these people, I had to trust my own judgement and instinct.
Using this process to disrupt dialogue with people I had existing relationships with, I sent all my family and friends a postcard requesting they reply anonymously telling me something about themselves that was true, a lie or a secret. So with this request I subverted our usual means of communication, and wiped out our shared experiences.
I ‘processed’ the replies by hand embroidering them onto found garments as I perceived them, a coat for truths, a dress for lies, and a slip for secrets."
My current work is a collaborative Missing Persons Quilt - to participate in this piece please could you send the name of someone you miss to teamtett@googlemail.com, thank you.
