Feature 3 - A series on Identity
A Life Created
“I yearned to be liberated from the tall walls
history built around our city,
to tear down social stigmas and traverse the state of dreams.”
A Life created
‘It began with a single name. A soft whispered word waiting to be heard. A delicate desire to blossom and flourish like scattered seeds thirsty for water. I yearned to be liberated from the tall walls history built around our city; to tear down social stigmas and traverse the state of dreams; rising tall from the clouds as a woman with great strength; ready to give birth to the possibility of dreams.’
Image 5/6 handmade outdoor bed with cherry blossom branches
Keito - Giant handmade prop used in the shoot by Laura Abbott
Inspiration
What is in a name. Can it define our future? Does it affect who we become?
One woman, six names.
A Life Created’ as seen through the eye of the artist, takes the viewer on a magical and explorative journey of one woman’s self discovery. Inspired by the meaning behind her multiple names, delicate strands of Japanese and Korean heritage are knitted together blurring boundaries between surreal and real. A poetic narrative of Yuko’s identity slowly unravels, breathing life into the human condition, our inner struggles and hidden desires; fragility of motherhood to making dreams and finally a sense of belonging immerse in Singapore. Through the complexities and fluid nature of identity what we see is a colourful life surface through these meaningful names
“A delicate desire to blossom and flourish
like scattered seeds thirsty for water.”
Yuko Ashizawa
(Child of Abundance)
Miwon - The origin of beauty
(to be seen not just an object of beauty but to be seen as a person from the inside out.)
Keito- Knitting
(you can be anything you put your mind to)
Jahanala - ‘Light of the People’
Mother - Tomorrow’s child
Mrs Singapore Global 2019