“Loneliness, roaming youths, violence and predators.
We were wild nocturnals in the dark, warm nights.
Summer left quickly
and before my 15th birthday, I got my hair cut short.
Strangely, that was something that hurt me the most.
In one of my dreams, I was in a Fatboy Slim video clip.
Christopher Walken and I danced.
All summer long I felt like I had no control of my life.
But at that moment, I felt invincible.
So I packed my suitcase and left my home country,
Because in that dream I scored Weapon of Choice.
Luck and strength
to run away and make my life my own.”
“Weapon of Choice”, an ongoing project, revisits a summer of violence and trauma that the artist experienced and witnessed at the age of 14.
A combination of digital and analogue photography, collage, old photographs of self and text are used to delve deep into the author’s experiences to somehow try to make sense of why this happened and the impact it has had on their lives to the present day.
While haunting and at times difficult for the artist to recall and represent, “Weapon of Choice” also celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and acts as a vehicle of therapy and acceptance.
