I created a series of GIFs to add dynamic to the work, and to animate the ‘talk(ing)’ of the walls. I did this by covering a subject’s face in wallpaper so that only the human animated talking features were exposed, and taking photos of the talking action to form a GIF. I literally experimented covering up my mum in wallpaper in order to create these animations to create a wall talking.

Furthermore, having looked into the idea of walls acting as a metaphor for selective mutism, I played around with disintegrating layers to slowly revel the character, my grandma. The disintegration reflected how many barriers of anxiety are put up until one gets to know the person properly.