"What fascinates me is the gaping difference between how people seem to feel about themselves and how they actually end up looking to others," said de Jong, highlighting his interest in the disparity between self-perception and public perception. His collection embodies this concept, containing obsolete media that reflects the often unrecognized human experiences behind them.
"Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue," Wead intoned in his somniferous voice, setting the tone for de Jong’s exploration of forgotten narratives. This phrase resonates with de Jong's goal of uncovering the lost stories embedded in media artifacts and sampling them to create new artistic interpretations.
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