Libby Scarlett – New Words

New Words is a selection of WhatsApp messages sent between Libby and a person she loved in another country between 2014 and 2019, read backwards. Libby Scarlett is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. Her practice is interested in the transformative nature of interaction and lived experience. Flaws in communication and encounters are highlighted as sites for potential adjustment or movement. From these, she creates sets of circumstances or boundaries to explore notions of change and growth. She is also part of artist-architect duo Studio Tej.