This work is about truth and the silence that grows around it.

Often people who lie to protect themselves appear composed, uninterrupted, and publicly intact. They hold narrative, legitimacy, and voice not because they are truthful, but because they remain unchallenged.

Being buried here speaks to what happens when people more powerful than us press truth beneath the surface so they can remain standing.

When telling the truth risks exclusion, consequence, or further destabilisation, silence becomes understandable. Lies can be spoken openly, while those who know the truth hesitate, afraid of what will be lost and afraid of what will follow.

But truth does not disappear under pressure.

What lies beneath still holds memory, clarity, and knowing. It remains intact even when overridden, denied, or spoken over. Even when others move forward as if nothing has happened.

This work is not about revenge or retribution.

It is about something more difficult.

To tell the truth without seeking punishment, without needing others to fall, is an act of power. Because it refuses to let lies dictate reality, while also refusing to become shaped by them.

What is buried still stands true.

It does not need permission from those who suppress it to be told.
And It does not need agreement.
It just needs courage and space to emerge, and this is where art makes its first move.

This work sits within a wider body of art exploring similar themes.