Conformity

Artwork story

My work explores becoming as a process — how identity is shaped by what we choose to hold onto. This piece speaks to cultural preservation as an active practice, and to the power of defining ourselves from within. In her stillness is resistance, memory, and the quiet work of becoming. The hair tie, the beads where intentionally choices, making a statement.

It is a decolonial act: to define oneself from within, through memory and presence, instead of through outside expectation. In closing her eyes, she is not retreating. She is choosing.