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White

Artist: Selina Shah

Category: Video

Description:

‘To objectify cultural meaning, there always has to be a process of alienation and of secondariness in relation to itself.’ (Hami Bhaba, 1990 The Third Space)

But when we are the norm, we identify ourselves in terms of others.

This work questions our sense of identity. One’s identity is both ongoing and given, something that cannot be determined or constructed on our own. Sets of values have already been put forward disabling us from further manipulation.

a r t i f i c e: When a 7-year-old Indian Brit reads what it is to be White, the context and our sense of understanding is confused. In the backdrop of a colonized Indian home, we misinterpret what it is to be the norm, because a minor cannot construe his identity, let alone a minor who is also an ethnic minority. This is amplified when he audience misinterprets the meaning behind the words; the importance of the the author is lost in the mode of discrepancy.

Used Tool: Personal Website.

Language: English.