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What We Already Know

What We Already Know' presents an evocative mise-en-scene, drawing from the visual rhetoric of cinema, to motivate a play between reality and fiction. However, by withholding specific narratives, these images set a stage for disconcerting psychological dramas in which the viewer becomes implicated. Their model-like appearance signifies a ‘reconstruction’, yet suggests that they are to remain within a fictitious context. The images offer a sense of deja vu, places or moments we have seen before but can’t quite recall. The images are taken in areas on the fringes of cities, anonymous places which reflect a new breed of generic architecture, familiar across cities throughout the UK: tower blocks, call centres, car parks and streetlamps, suburban housing and service stations; places and sites so commonplace they almost function subliminally. The subjects provoke a sense of unfamiliarity, yet the dramatic ambience of the imagery conjures up the scenario of a b-movie aesthetic. This imbues the illuminated pictures with an underlying sense of anxiety, an unsettling and unsettled landscape.