"Belonging" has always been a puzzling word for me, becoming even more foreign as I get older. Having spent an equal amount of time in two contrasting cultures and now settling in another one has left me feeling fragmented, unable to fully assimilate into any single environment.
My recent trips back to Portugal and China were interesting. For the first time, I felt as though I were observing things through a third-person perspective, rather than from the viewpoint of someone who had spent their entire childhood and teenage years there. Perhaps it's a good thing that I don't "belong" anywhere because I can now "see" things more clearly. My fragments may eventually come together and form a new perspective, maybe that will be my true sense of belonging.
“Trapped” (Trailer) 2023
In an extreme surveillance capitalist society, would you be making decisions based on free will or is everything predicted and manipulated by the capitalists?
Experience this interactive piece at Royal College of Art, 30th June to 3rd July (12:00-18:00).
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