Jerrom’s new video work “no false pretence” presents the viewer with a series of found written statements. These describe a variety of positions taken by writers to determine their intentions, and the reception of these positions by an audience. The work toys with the increasingly slippery notion of truth and what can (or cannot) be discerned as reliable information. Attempts to discern veracity are continually frustrated throughout the film, making any effort to do so seemingly futile and absurd. The distorted text obstructs and obscures, alluding to the notion that we can never access a true and unmediated reality or connect with others when our experiences are so heavily mediated.
No False Pretence
Perce Jerrom
14 May 2026–07 June 2026
14 May 2026–07 June 2026