Collection Overview:
The “IDENTITIES IN FLUX” collection repurposes found items of personal identification. In these two videos reveal the relationship between personal data and personal identity. Using everyday items and converting it into a new piece of art.


IDENTITIES IN FLUX II - Intro:
“IDENTITIES IN FLUX II” utilizes items from my personal clothing collection. Personal style is often said to be a reflection of personal identity. This video presents my personal aesthetic projected through another person. By styling my friend in my clothing I am able to detach myself from pieces that are meant to reflect my own identity.

RECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY:
The way we wear our clothes is personal. The way we style our clothes tells the story of our personal background. Style is not just defined by brands and their value. Style is a translation of lifestyle, personality and attitude. Brands help curate the stories we tell of ourselves. We can be luxury, high-end, street, mass market or a mix of all these, just by our purchases.

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we dressed ourselves. It was a quarantine of our style and identity as much as our physical selves. The clothing left untouched were the clothes we save for the versions of ourselves we identify with the most but don’t always have the occasion to wear, the aspirational outfit.

I wanted to examine how much of myself I can transfer onto another person, by styling my friend in my personal clothes. So, I created a lookbook by taking photos of my friend wearing examples of my most authentic styles. I created a short video made up of the images I shot and added a visual effect of constant flowing images stacking on top of other images.

Through the attempt at transferring a personal identity onto another, I discovered that clothing and styling can only tell so much of one story. Once clothes are on another person, it translates differently, even if styled in exactly the same way. The style becomes a fusion more than a transference.

IDENTITIES IN FLUX II: RECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY

Collection Overview:
The “IDENTITIES IN FLUX” collection repurposes found items of personal identification. In these two videos reveal the relationship between personal data and personal identity. Using everyday items and converting it into a new piece of art.


IDENTITIES IN FLUX I - Intro:
“IDENTITIES IN FLUX I” utilizes archived inspiration photos pulled from my personal and private database of 70,000+photos. It constructs the story of abstract personal influences that emerge, disappear, and reappear across years of my life. This video shows the raw and intimate images that make up my personal aesthetic. 

DECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY:
The images used in this video are the kind that were not taken with the intention of ever being shared. They are not for social media, an edited reality, they are unfiltered and unremarkable to anyone else but me. Taking something once private and turning it into data allowed me to seek the patterns that can only be discovered from a point of objectivity. The images that I now considered to be points of information, were grouped, organized, and regenerated as a unique viewing into my life.

If my iphone album is my private space, the screensaver can be displayed as my private gallery. This video is a collection of recorded screensavers created from the re-organized data. A personal exhibition of personal memories, put on a personal platform.

IDENTITIES IN FLUX I: DECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY - 'Slow Museum'

IDENTITIES IN FLUX I: DECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY - 'Fast Museum'

Collection Overview:
The “IDENTITIES IN FLUX” collection repurposes found items of personal identification. In these two videos reveal the relationship between personal data and personal identity. Using everyday items and converting it into a new piece of art.


IDENTITIES IN FLUX I - Intro:
“IDENTITIES IN FLUX I” utilizes archived inspiration photos pulled from my personal and private database of 70,000+photos. It constructs the story of abstract personal influences that emerge, disappear, and reappear across years of my life. This video shows the raw and intimate images that make up my personal aesthetic. 

DECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY:
The images used in this video are the kind that were not taken with the intention of ever being shared. They are not for social media, an edited reality, they are unfiltered and unremarkable to anyone else but me. Taking something once private and turning it into data allowed me to seek the patterns that can only be discovered from a point of objectivity. The images that I now considered to be points of information, were grouped, organized, and regenerated as a unique viewing into my life.

If my iphone album is my private space, the screensaver can be displayed as my private gallery. This video is a collection of recorded screensavers created from the re-organized data. A personal exhibition of personal memories, put on a personal platform.


IDENTITIES IN FLUX I:  DECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY - 'Scene Stealers'

22” x 19” x 45”

Hand-dyed tassels, canvas fabric, vintage wooden frame

textile design, object design, photography

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