Patrick Boyd

Qboids presents a series of intimate, unflinching portraits of people from the village of Grosmont in Monmouthshire, where I have lived for the past 18 years. The sitters come from varied backgrounds and have lived in the area for different lengths of time, yet are united here through direct, uncompromising images that are both voyeuristic and narrative in character. Each portrait stares straight ahead, engaging the viewer with a frankness that is not flattering but insistently human. Displayed as 3D lenticulars, the images shift and deepen as the viewer moves, drawing attention to the act of looking itself. The lenses used for these works are around 30 years old, originally designed by Victor Anderson - a pioneer of lenticular printing since the 1930s. Produced for a fast-food chain to display menus and intended to be viewed from more than twelve vay, they were later discarded, water-damaged, and eventually salvaged. Reused here, they bring new volume and intensity to the portraits. Arranged as revolving four-sided eubes, the works encourage viewers to move around them, creating unexpected interactions between faces, like a visual game of "consequences."