Mandalena Miltiadi is a Cypriot artist based in Dublin who works in digital media, and often expands into painting and drawing.

Take a Second explores the conflict between a person’s desire to express their struggles, ideas and aspirations, and the fear of hindering a relationship due to vulnerability. This is accomplished through self portrait photography and text.

Miltiadi overlays a stream of consciousness diary entry about her current struggles (written in red), and a poem which highlights how one bad story can ruin someone’s perception of you (written in blue).

This layering process creates an anaglyph code which can only be read under specific conditions that the audience can trigger. Therefore, the audience can impact how the work is read and are taken on a journey starting with confusion and ending with clarity. The more you read, the more you learn about the artist and her struggles.