Anne Constantine

detail of Confide in Me—

» I have recently worked in photography, installation, text and performance. I feel my work succeeds when its ambiguity unsettles the viewer, when thought is provoked and questions are raised rather than answered. «

Constantine is a Nottingham based artist, whose work revolves around issues of self and identity, taking on the notion of the constructed self. Her current practice questions certainty, playing with the boundaries between fact and fiction. She consciously borrows material and idea, exploring the post-modernist concept that originality is a myth.

Constantine’s artist’s book, Confide In Me is inspired by the work of Adam Chodzko who placed adverts in newspapers. The book appears to be a true document with evidence of an artistic activity, but Constantine questions the status of photography as documentation. These ideas came from her consideration of work by Sophie Calle, when what is exhibited is often the apparent documentation of an activity, in the form of photographs and text. This work leaves the audience questioning the letters authenticity, which is the very response that is at the heart of Constantine’s work.

»»»

.-°-.