"My piece reflects never knowing which identity you participate in at a home very rich in culture and heritage. How you can feel like two different people in the same home, and what home is." Shay D.
SHAY D
Its been a journey for me with this project. I actually found it quite emotional and overwhelming in terms of thinking about identity and belonging, home, the question of dual heritage and what it means to fit into that, and how much culture can be ingrained out of the motherland.
I based my poem around Shirin Neshat's work, and I wanted my film to reflect the same
style and reflection of duality of things happening at the same time, in the same place but yet differently.
Neshat's work is called Soliloquy which is why I wrote an original spoken word piece for my film. My piece reflects never knowing which identity you participate in at a home very rich in culture and heritage. How you can feel like two different people in the same home, and what home is. Neshat's film uses split screen to show the landscapes, I also over-layered my screens as I wanted to show you can also be one, and be both.
Shay D proposes the question: who gets archived in a session with dramaturge, Hassan Mahamdallie and Peter Eaves from Tate Archives.
Shay D delves into her own Archives
What is in Shay D's Box
