Thresholds

This installation, titled "Thresholds," is a constellation of 60 digital screens—each one a window into the nuanced psychology of the individual. As a Croydon-based artist, my practice often revolves around the tension between self and the external gaze. I invited 60 participants—people from my own community—to sit in stillness, a camera capturing them, fully aware but left alone. A full-length mirror stood to their left; a door lay open to the right.

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In this quiet choreography, time began to fracture. Some participants sank inward, drawn to their reflection like a gravitational pull, their discomfort or introspection blooming. Others, restless, pivoted toward the open door, their gaze searching beyond, caught between waiting and belonging. Without explanation, I let the cameras observe, and later, I analyzed the shifts in their gaze—the subtle, almost imperceptible transitions from anticipation to questioning.

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In this piece, I invite viewers to contemplate the thresholds of presence—how, when we are placed in a frame, a camera, a waiting room of sorts, we oscillate between self-consciousness and a yearning to connect. These screens are not just portraits; they are moments of self-inquiry, suspended between London’s familiar streets and the vast interior spaces we often leave unexplored.