Identity
CG, VR film & video installation 8K, 8:15 min., 2022
Produced by Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains


The VR film delves into the intricate terrain of personal identity, where geography, divided national groups, and culture collide, creating a multi-faceted tapestry of identity. In this conceptual landscape, the borders of personality are as chaotic as a mosaic fresco. The VR film seeks to unveil the complex outcome of this multi-faceted personality, which cannot blend into a single unified self. While the physical body retains a static form, the mind is a dynamic canvas of identity.


The film's narrative is woven through the confessions of multi-gender performer Sacha Eusebe, a South African artist living in France, who embodies a multitude of identities. Sacha's story serves as a metaphor for the complexity of our social map, where various facets of oneself interact and sometimes clash. Furthermore, Sacha's political resistance to Western culture, shaped by his experience as a migrant over three generations, adds another layer of complexity to his identity, challenging conventional notions of belonging and assimilation.


"I have always been tormented by the image of the multiplicity of selves. Some days, I call it richness, and other days, I see i t as a disease [ ... ] . My first idea about the people around me was that they were a 11 coordinated into one whole, while I was made up of a multitude of selves, of fragments."

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