Natalie Giannikitzakis: Act Naturally

Natalie Giannikitzakis: Shy

Fine Art Graduate Natalie Giannikitzakis explores the subtleties of body language through highly detailed pencil drawings for the new Gallery One exhibition at Touchstones Rochdale.

Act Naturally is an exhibition of 18 pencil drawings that explores body language and how it can be influenced by external factors, such as in this case – being photographed. Two photographs were taken of each subject. The first photograph was taken without the subject's awareness to capture the natural body language, the second photograph captured the posed body language.

Speaking about the show Natalie said: “It was interesting how when each subject was asked to pose, they had their own ingrained ‘performance’. By drawing the subject and decontextualising the image, it allowed a greater focus to be placed upon the subject’s behaviour and body language. It also allowed a better comparison to be made between a forced pose and a natural pose.

This exhibition gives the viewer the opportunity to re-evaluate their own body language and think about how they portray themselves in different situations and if they act naturally.”

Act Naturally is on show until 8 November 2014.