P•anopticon/
A commentary on psychological captivity
Pan= all
Opticon= derived from the Greek optikos
All Seeing
Using Foucault’s panopticism as a metaphor of our psychological confinement, this series aims to challenge the social indoctrination that we are subjected to at the collective and individual level. Bodies being bound with a malleable material (plastic) opens up the possibility of liberation from permanent inspection, isolation and ceaseless punishment, while also highlighting the improbability of change- hence the title’s allusion to the anopticon, Umberto Ecco’s antithesis of the panopticon.
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