ONES AND ZEROS
I have always found it difficult to find where I fit in. Growing up, I have been acutely aware of my surroundings and my position within society, and always found it hard to define who I am in a way that always seemed so easy for others around me. I have always felt that I have been forced in the gap between binaries that we, as a society, are forced to adopt and identify with.
This project focuses on the subject of ambivalence. I have explored these conflicting feelings, by revealing and hiding parts of myself. Through the use of self-portraiture and physical photographic manipulation, I have found ways of disrupting my appearance. Interacting, layering and dismantling these images to create a visual representation of a multi-layered and undefined self.
Through creating this work, I have begun to sit comfortably with my conflicting feelings and celebrate the complexity of my identity and my inability to define it. I am finally learning to embrace occupying the instability and ‘in between’ spaces, rather than it being an uncomfortable and sad experience. I have come to realise that the ambiguity can be freeing and celebrated, not resented and feared.