Old Skin (In These Hands I'll Hide)
Year of production: 2014
Running Time: 4:18 min
Black & White / Sound / Exhibiton
This body of work is a journey that I have within myself, and also what I observe in others close to me. The ability to show one’s “True Self” is not an easy process. When stating “True Self” I mean your inner personality, your identity that very few ever get to see, let alone witness. It is this fragile piece of a person that holds more meaning about who they are than anything else. However, it is also the strongest piece.
“…In Search for Something More To Be…”
In this medium I choose to display my double exposed images on glass. Glass being delegate, breakable, and most importantly transparent, which is true for someone’s inner struggle.
Society’s weight and hold on a person forces one to follow society’s norms with clothing, rules, order, and structure. This “structure” and holding on to a person’s inner self leads to a battle within them. Their “True Self” is struggling to emerge to the surface.
“…While Air Grows Thick…”
It is hidden and discarded and in doing so it slowly spikes and cracks until eventually will shatter from the inside out.
“…Shedding Its Own Skin…”
I display a window into a personal battle of an inner struggle trying to break out and push its way forward. Then being cast into the shadows, and locked inside one's outer shell.
“…Its Not Enough For Me…”