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<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MyHnx2jNr7o" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> <center>//Joséphine L Hengstwerth (2019). Untitled (Bollenhut). Video Performance.//</center> You see the \ <<link "description">> \<<replace "#extra_info" t8n>><br>As a German Fine Art student living in the UK, I have been continuously exploring my national identity in my works. After living in Birmingham since 2017, I have lost a feeling of home in Germany and experienced a sort of displacement. In this work I am looking at traditions and heritage from the Black Forest, where I was born and grew up.Like most rural regions in Germany, the Black Forest has a traditional costume for its citizens. It mainly contains of a black dress and apron, a white blouse and most importantly a hat for women with either red or black pompoms to indicate their relationship status. For this project I made my own version of this costume which mainly symbolises the region, rather than being a (modern) copy; and the gap between the real one and my version might even resemble the gap between me and my roots. All the materials used for making the costume have been picked for their visual as well as symbolic values, e.g. using red balloons instead of sheep wool pompoms reminding of a sense of freedom, release and growing up. This is very contrary to the restrictive corset made out of duct tape and the void like space in which the performance has been filmed in. The background music is the anthem of the county “Baden”) sung by a male choir about how beautiful and superior the area is. The lyrics to the song are also embroidered onto the bottom of the skirt. With this artwork I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my personal heritage and its influence on my identity; does it matter that I am from a different country than my peers? How am I different? I am simply not.<br><</replace>> \<</link>> below. <span id="extra_info"></span> Walk to the next [[artwork]]. View instagram page [[here.|https://www.instagram.com/hengstwerth.art/]]

<center><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/300779283" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> <center>//Sophia Moffa, nested sequence, video, 2017//</center> You see the \ <<link "description">> \<<replace "#extra_info" t8n>><br> The absurd comes with the realization that the world is not rational and a man who wishes for happiness and for reason stands face to face with the irrational’ Camus. This video work comesfrom a search for an identity. An identity connected to the way I experience life in relation to being an artist, questioning how my work represents my view on a life that seems so irrational and multifaceted. In the video the extremities experiment and search each other and are washed away by water. I chose this work because at the time of its creation these were the questions, I was paying attention to. My work no longer needs to express who I am, but rather needs to complete a relationship with something outside of myself. Therefore, the identity I was searching for was only a means to question my relation to what is on the outside. Working intuitively bouncing off of the events that happen around me has perhaps created my artistic identity more than my upbringing, my sexuality or my race as they are what connect people universally. The very things I don’t represent in my art though are the catalyst for which my work is created. I see the world as a highlighted page of inequalities, and I believe the first step in bridging these is the acknowledgement of one’s privileges. <br><</replace>> \<</link>> below. <span id="extra_info"></span> View instagram page [[here.|https://www.instagram.com/sophiamoffa/]] View website [[here.|https://sophiamoffa.com/]] [[Look at the painting next]]

The Irish identity is definitely part of my identity because I'm from Claire. I'm from the countryside. I'm not really from the countryside like I know everyone from Dublin thinks I'm from the countryside but its the way I do things the way I talk, the way I hang out with people. I've been so roped into the culture here, and it's so different from the culture at home. I don't consider or associate myself with Pakistani culture. To be really honest. Other than being at home it's more about religion than the Pakistani culture. I do identify myself with being different that is something I need to teach myself and constantly remind myself that I am different and that I'm not like everyone else was like the Irish people were. I think that gives me the courage to embrace my religion. [[Go back|Look at series of bright photographs]].

I was born here. I grew up here. My mum is Irish as well, so a lot of me is Irish. I don't know anything else but it. Having a Caribbean father and an Irish mother and both of them converting is a blessing. The courage they had to leave all their culture because a lot of cultures wouldn't fit into Islam. So growing up it was mostly Islamic culture based but there were other things like food. I'm grateful that my upbringing was purely Islamic based. I used to always visit my Irish side up North in Derry but I always felt there was something missing. There wasn't that bond of faith. It was just the bond of blood. Growing up with Muslims as a child-like going to Muslim National School I had a stronger bond with that side of me. My Muslim friends became more than family to me. [[Go back|Look at series of bright photographs]].

I'm Sudanese but my dad is Iraqi and my mum is Irish. I was adopted when I was a baby by an Iraqi and an Irish married couple. Long story short but they found me, they adopted me and brought me over from Sudan and they've been my parents ever since. That is my background. My parents are different from each other, they're an interracial couple. I went back to Sudan for the first time in 2017. I had gone to a wedding, it was an emotional experience. I was filled with excitement but everything changed really fast. I was seen as an outsider even though I speak Arabic. But that wasn't the reason, it was because I was raised outside. They had a name for that it was "Khawaja" and that was my name the whole trip. I felt like I came from a place in Ireland where I don't look Irish. And people tell me "oh you're not Irish” to a place where I thought OK you look Sudanese, I'd be OK but you're actually not Sudanese, you're Irish. It's weird connecting between them. Then when I'm here in Ireland they say “you're not Irish” and say "Oh you go back to Sudan" so they make me think "oh yeah I'm not Sudanese enough" or I'm not Irish enough. I haven’t been to Iraq though so I'm not sure about that. [[Go back|Look at series of bright photographs]].

<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cd754_4a4f8a4f66b1402794885e6a33d33090~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_635,h_395,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/Su%20artwork.webp" width="500" height="400" alt="photograph"> <center>//Suellen Maciel Moraes, Tupi or not Tupi, installation, 2020.//</center> <center><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/486610139" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> <center>//Suellen Maciel Moraes, Tupi or not Tupi, video, 2020.//</center> You see the \ <<link "description">> \<<replace "#extra_info" t8n>><br> With “Tupi or not Tupi”, I’m proposing a way in which we can coexist with different cultures in the same plane, be it with differences within self or between individuals. The video is displayed in different screens, each with its own narrative conveying a message – much as it would be in a conventional form of conversation. The screens then act as ‘people’, each representing a voice. This work is a reflection of my own experiences with my own culture and difficulties of defining my identity, however, it also relates to a wider audience that is going or have gone through the same experiences. The overall aim of the piece is to celebrate difference and accept the many versions of ‘you’ derived from the many influences of cultures around us. <br><</replace>> \<</link>> below. <span id="extra_info"></span> View instagram page [[here.|https://www.instagram.com/_s.moraes_/]] View instagram page [[here.|http://sumoraes.weebly.com/]] [[Return back to the exhibition|exhibition]].

Suellen Moraes [[View work|You see numerous TV's installed on the floor]] Bobbie Joe Hurst [[View work|View a self portrait hanging next to you]] Ismail Khokom [[View work|Look over at a series of photomontage]] Ala Buisir [[View work|Look at series of bright photographs]] Mia Osborne [[View work|Look over at the next piece]] Chris Marlow [[View work|You see a series of monochrome drawings in the corner]] Sophia Moffa [[View work|Gallery 4]] Kirstie Tebbs [[View work|Go over to view large charcoal drawings]] Theresa Hon [[View work|Turn to a series of paintings across the room]] Lauren Kate [[View work|Look at the photographs across the room]] Adil Amin [[View work|Look at the painting next]] Lealh & Singh [[View work|Look over at a series of bright paintings]] Erhan Us [[View work|Step across to the next piece]] Xinmei Liu [[View work|Walk to the next artwork]] Clara Bolle [[View work|Gallery 3]] Biran Eaton [[View work|Gallery 2]] Lee Orszaczky [[View work|artwork]] Josephine Hengsywerth [[View work|Gallery 1]] [[Go back to the exhibition lobby|exhibition]]

You find that you have had a little too much to drink. You stumble and make a fool of yourself, still having an amazing time. [[Sober Up]]

You manage to sober up and feel a lot better. [[Return awkwardly to the lobby, staring embarrased at the barman|exhibition]] <<set $beer to 0>> <<set $wine to 0>>