‘Percy Pigs’ consists of pigs from one pack of Percy Pig sweets sold in Marks and Spencer, which happen to be in packs of 30.

My interest in this body of work lies in how people often do not really look at things. Also I am interested in the contradiction between what something is supposed to look like and what it actually looks like in reality.

This always reminds me about a story of a court case that I read a while ago. There was an Asian girl from Korea who went to the United States. She got mugged and had to go to court to testify who was the criminal. She had to choose 1 out of 5 people who all happened to be black men, and the lawyer said to her “how can you tell the difference between black people, coming from Asia. They must look all the same to you!”

In my opinion, people are often confused between what they are actually seeing, and what they expect to see. This may lead to mistakes some times.

I still cannot tell the difference between some of the pigs from this series, and I get confused in case I have repeated one pig twice, but the number on the original picture shows me which pig I am shooting.

( ‘Percy Pig’ are pig-shaped raspberry-flavoured confectionery made by Marks & Spencer. This is a traditional sweet in the United Kingdom and Percy Pig sweets have been around for many years. They contain real pork in the form of pork gelatin and are one of the best loved sweets in the UK.)