Within this project, there were a lot of twists and turns with many influences from around me. The more I looked at other artists work, the more I was likely to ‘replicate’ the style of work, moving away from what I visualise it to be.
I went back to my responses and found the recurring answer to identity crisis between cultural & personal identity was there isn’t a fight within ourselves, as these two parts make us who we are. Focusing it around achieving their dream within the workplace. Whether that was not being able to work for something due to their gender, age, family exceptions or social norms. Instead of changing who we are for society, it should be accepting us, with no criticism. Growing up in Saudi, as a child, we are told to do follow certain rules in order to live a good life; this might also be seen in different cultures. Men usually are told to follow high paying jobs such as doctors and engineers as its best for the family’s income. As for women, they are told to follow an effortless career sometimes even not to work, as the hard work and more complicated jobs are left for men.
Hence, in my visuals, I decided to overlay what job they are currently doing over what they dream about doing which are based on true stories. Originally, I wanted to layer the images on top of each other to create the ‘shadow’ that symbolises the middle ground of accepting who they are with the changes of the 2030 vision. By playing around with layering and colours, it gave a deeper meaning to it.
