I’m Nobody! Who are You? is comprised of a series of life-sized video portraits projected side by side. Each subject was asked to gaze into the camera for a period of time while his or her portrait was recorded. There is a subtle, but visible, shift in the emotional response of the subject which varies according to personality and comfort level. Their countenance evolves over time for an imagined viewer through the lens of the objective, ever present, camera. For the viewer the tension of watching and being watched only subsides when he or she allows for a state of suspension away from place, time and narrative construct. The title of the work adopted from the Emily Dickinson poem of the same name, refers to the question of identity and whether the mediated image can adequately reflect the reality of the subject.

Installation by Maya Ciarrocchi. Featuring David Thomson, Sean Boggs, Talvin Wilks, Andrew Sroka, Brian Buck, Whitney V. Hunter, Sarah Maxfield, Clarinda MacLow, Deb Travis, Peter Stankiewicz, Scott Parent, Kate Freer, Sandra Caplan, Ping Chong, Topiary, Erica Fae, Janet Panetta, Jack Dowling, Ray Ciarrocchi, Pamela Sneed and Sasha Wolf.