#michael witten

The first of five digital drawings of the narrators and subjects of Within the Wires. The narrators are on the right of each image, and the subjects on the left, separated by a pale blue vertical line on a yellow backdrop. A green wire twirls throughout each image, starting from Oleta's headphones.

Oleta has her back pressed up to the divide with her eyes closed, listening to her headphones. Hester has her hand pressed against the divide and is smiling wistfully at Oleta.

Roimata and Claudia stand back to back, with Roimata turned slightly towards the viewer and Claudia turned slightly away, hiding her face. Roimata is frowning with her eyes downcast.

Michael sits in the foreground with his face resting in one hand, smiling as he fiddles with his fountain pen in the other. In the background, Amy stands pouring coffee, glaring at him.

Freya cups Sigrid's face in her hand, smiling brightly at her. Although their bodies are faced together, Sigrid's head is turned towards the viewer, avoiding Freya's eyes and looking towards the viewer as if for help.