The writer R W Mitchell defined deception as ‘a false communication that tends to benefit the communicator'[1]. ‘Prophecies and Deceits' is a body of work that attempts to expose deceptions through the ambiguities of political speeches and our propensity to be taken in by them. Our perception of the truth is based on our beliefs and our belief in others, but paradoxically it is not in our best interest to learn the truth. The truth is far more complicated, and foreboding. ‘Prophecies and Deceits' is fundamentally about the dichotomy between the words that we believe are true and the deception that hides behind them.
[1] Vrij. A, Detecting Lies and Deceit, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 2000.
