Confessional, by Jayne O’Hanlon, is a video instillation piece created around the theme of the religious rite of confessing one’s sins. Confessional also deals with the post modern condition of narcissism; of indulging ourselves with our own image and our own voice. When confronted with a private place to watch and listen to ourselves, how will we react? Perhaps it is too private. Do we want or require an audience in order to be ‘ourselves’?
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