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The 4th wall is a theatre term for the invisible wall between performers and the audience. When performers speak directly to the audience it’s considered breaking the 4th wall. As the sociologist Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy suggests, we are constantly performing our identities. The interviews on this page were an attempt to enquire beyond the performativity of self.

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Nov 14

Nov 14 Portraits of South Africa's Bloodiest Prison Gang: The Number

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(Published in VICE 14/11/2018) Photojournalist Luke Daniels used his friendship with one high-ranking insider to photograph members of The Number

Sep 11

Sep 11 Tattooing in Australian Prisons

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(Things & Ink, issue 7. Republished in INKED, issue 28) “It’s another world in prison, there’s dos and don’ts out here, and then there’s dos and don’ts in there. I used to just go with the flow, and do tattoos.”