She does not reveal distinguishing features, scars or tattoos and the names of the interviewees in Carrington’s video installation are unknown.

The Barwon Interviews, an exhibition on show at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, takes you inside prison walls and invites you to listen to the stories of inmates. 

The nature of the correctional system is such that it negates individuality  and forces conformity and assimilation; inmates become statistics.

Carrington challenges this objectification of prisoners and gives these individuals a voice without exposing their identity.

The inability to put a face and a name to the story doesn’t stop these narratives from being deeply personal and individual.

Without the distraction of the face or labels, we are forced to observe their condition, their hand gestures and body language and to really listen.