External Sourcing Documentation and Glass Case Statement

Trapped, 2008. Television screens, Animation © James Giblin

"Trapped", an exhibition utilizing animation and screens, speaks about the troubling relationship that we as humans have to the digital world, which is oftentimes addictive. Three animations that use the upper body as a visual motif are shown on a loop interacting with the rectangular space of the screen in ways that speak to the isolation and self-entrapment that accompanies the widespread excessive use of computers and television. The monochromatic and overwhelmingly minimal quality of the exhibition space seeks to draw parallels between the vastness of the internet as well as reinforce concepts of isolation. "Trapped" is an investigation into this relatively new phenomenon of what can be called "multimedia addiction" that seeks to draw up questions relating to the ultimately solitary experience of digital worlds and addiction in general.