Waanganha / Disruptor (behind closed doors)

2023

acrylic and ink on canvas

122 x 91cm

‘waanganha/disruptor ‘behind closed doors is

thematically linked to the reality of DV being ‘behind

closed doors’. The theme continues with the

realities of DV services needing to be located in

secure, secret locations requiring many firewalls for

the safety and wellbeing of those who serve as

well as those for whom domestic violence is a

reality. As such, I have presented a featurless piece

of QR code on a tangible firewall ie a canvas. The

audience accesses the QR code, thereby bypassing

the firewall via the camera in their smartphones,

tablets, laptops, smartwatches leading them to a

secure, safe, intimate and unique viewing opportunity

of the subject, Beck O’Connor and to the didactic/

story/rationale of the piece in cyberspace. When

the cyber interaction ceases, the audience is left

standing in front of the firewall once again with a

lived experience via the intangible.