DR JULIEREES

Finding Cindy (2011) is a continuation of Nikko Sans Copic Utopia (2010). The work continues to feature the main iconographic characters of Nikko San and Cindy but with an additional character called Mary-Ann.  The main narrative centres on Nikko San where he attempts to seek Cindy's attention by conveniently placing himself in locations where he can bump into her. Nikko San wants to confess his love for Cindy, but his efforts go unnoticed.

 

The hand-drawn character, Nikko San becomes the prototype of the real adolescent, who experiences the effects of unfilled desire within the narrative, while Cindy, a doll-like figure symbolises the unattainable dream of what we cannot have. Mary-Ann represents the observer; where she monitors Nikko San's movements in an attempt to uncover desires enigmatic qualities to better understand why we want what we want. 

 

Finding Cindy (2011) aims to blur the boundaries between the digital and the hand-drawn. By combining photographic materials and graphic illustrations, the resulting images creates tension between the technological and the traditional.