EnochlophobiA

In this new project I am exploring one of the many phobias of human beings: enochlophobia. Enochlophobia is the fear of crowds, of being surrounded by large groups of people, generating feelings of insecurity, anxiety, and in a way, 'suffocation' as well. Since my main theme is that of 'FEAR', I wanted to convey this 'phobia' not only by painting many figures from several different pictures I took this summer in Amsterdam, but as a background, I wanted to repeat that idea of enochlophobia through words. Basically, I wanted to find a song or a poem about it and translate it in Dutch and use it as a background, almost as if the words became 'haunting' and causing anxiety just as crowds do.