Continued expansion on first thoughts and idea's

From the idea of God I also took the idea of confessions. Confessions have much mystery behind them as they are completely personal and generally only one person will know their inner thoughts. The idea of confessions opens many different thoughts and idea's such as a confession booth at a church, or a confession to someone you love. Confessions are part of everyday life. We confess to ourselves and to others. Francis Bacon was very interested in religion and much of his work is centralised around that. His pictures are very different and take the idea of religion onto the next level. One striking painting in particular is the picture of the pope. This painting captures many emotions and there was a lot of outcry from the public after many catholics saw this picture.



I really want to create an installation of a confessions box. I want this to be something that is life size and a person can fit into. I have drawn out a plan of this and I am going to make a smaller sized version of it. The box will have pictures on the wall of war and other disastrous events and I want these to have a massive impact on the viewer. The only problem I have at the moment is that I cannot take any of these pictures myself, so all my pictures would have to be copied from either books or the Internet which I am unsure about as I want the work to be my own. However if I continue with this project I also want music and speaking playing in the background to make the booth/ box feel eerie and the person inside to feeling highly uncomfortable. I did research some war photographers and I found Nick Ut and Phillip Jones Griffiths very intriguing and their images really striking.

The top 3 are by Phillip Jone Griffiths and I think they really hit home about how harsh the world of war was and how so many people had no idea what was really going on behind closed doors. The 4Th pictures is by Nick Ut and it is one of the most famous pictures of the Vietnam War. His picture is incredibly striking and caused a lot of controversy from the general public. I think these pictures of war are amazing and very courageous as the photographers put themselves into a war zone. The only problem I have is that I cannot replicate these images in a way that I think is sensitive enough to be respectful.

After going home and thinking about the idea, I created a smaller size and here are some pictures of it..
The scale is 2"x 12" which is a sized down version of the 6ft box I was going to create.