Visual Arts has enabled me to express
my thoughts, feelings and ideas in an honest and candid way. Something I have
never been able to do before as I am a young person who lives a life within two
cultures and two very different sets of expectations. Visually, tattoos were initially
my main interest. I see the tattoo as an art form appealing to my shy
personality. Messages conveyed via tattoos sometimes negate the need to
interact with another individual on a personal level. I like the fact that I
can glimpse into the personality of others without vocalization. So I have
tattooed my face and a leather mask to express myself to others without
vocalizing. The tattooed body is displayed as a living canvas, much like dance
through body movement. The art of dance has shaped the gregarious British part
of my identity. My Indonesian side is more quiet and restricted by culture. It
is difficult to express myself as a “Good Indonesian girl”, I only know how to
behave and pose like a Loro Blonyo statue. I have drawn on my identity in a
journey of self-discovery through Visual Art.
Reflecting on childhood connected
me to Indonesian cultural art forms such as shadow puppets, batik, embroidery, and
performance. I am free performing as a salsa dancer. I need costumes that look
good and move with me. It is who I really am, not a Loro Blonyo girl. I draw on
the strength of Andrea Deszo, who embroidered fragments of her mother’s advice
to her as a girl and the amazingly brave Zandra Rhodes. Dancing vignettes, dolls
and the masks I must wear are fashioned using a range of media. Leather, and
clay masks, oils, henna, pencils and acrylics on canvass are some materials I
have worked with.
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