The SECRET ALPHABET PROJECT began as a performance in which models were painted with unidentifiable symbols that resembled written text. These ‘secret alphabets’ represent coded information. Each piece is a visual exploration of this theme: information transmission, communication, comprehension, messengers, and more. Much of the work is monochromatic, which suggests the aesthetic of printed material and highlights the simple elegance and abstract forms of the sets of symbols. This ongoing project includes photographs, videos, large format drawings, mixed media collages, and small installations.

Drawings


The End of the Age of Innocence
Series of 5 Drawings
Charcoal. pencil and collage on paper
76 x 112 cm each


This series traces the transformation from a childlike state of innocence/blissful ignorance through the stages of evolution into a mature state of awareness of truth and knowledge.  

Age of Innocence - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
Age of Innocence



Endangered Species - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
Endangered Species



The End is Near - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
The End is Near



The Eve of Reconstruction - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
The Eve of Reconstruction



Remember - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
Remember


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See No Beauty / Hear No Beauty / Know No Beauty
Series of 3 Drawings
Charcoal on Paper
76 x 112 cm each


This series is a commentary on selective perception, the tendency to perceive only what one wants to, often ignoring the information received by the five senses rather than changing a particular belief or opinion.  Here the title refers to the idea that if you do not allow yourself to perceive beauty, you will not come to know or understand it.

See No Beauty - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
See No Beauty



Hear No Beauty - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
Hear No Beauty



Know No Beauty - Secret Alphabet Project - Rosemary Marchetta
Know No Beauty






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