This is a two part, performance to camera, video work. Focussing on the expressive capacity of the close-up face and it's potential to be misread, I delivered fragmented blandishments that slide in and out sync with the performed emotion. This work was made for the exhibition, 'Semi' at Rhubaba in Edinburgh (September-October 2012). It was subsequently included in the exhibitions 'James Bell' at Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (April-May 2013) and 'Ideas in Things' at Maria Stenfors, London (June-July 2014).