PRISON DIARIES

Prison Diaries depicts an ever-dormant and unchanging space of a typical prison cell. The body of work represents the introspective journey one is forced to take in a space of isolation or “nothingness” where all external conditions are removed from the space. Under such circumstances, any internal stimulation is heightened thoughts, feelings, and ideas flowing in a current through the person’s mind, affecting how they perceive the space around them. Simultaneously, each minuscule change in the surrounding environment, from the sound of a footstep to a glimpse of the afternoon light, would trigger a different set of emotions and thoughts to the occupant who in return conceives the space they nest in through this unique filter. In that way, the room itself becomes a participant in this intrinsic conversation between thoughts and self, whispering in fragility and embodying in great nuance the material and spatial empathy of life.