Self : an exploration of how abstract sculptural forms can represent my identity through dance

• Main Author: Chiang, Esther Hui Ling
• Other Authors: Peter Chen Chia Mien
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Visual arts and music::Design::Product
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149943
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As designers and artists, we often see our creations as extensions of ourselves. They represent the way we approach and think about the world around us, becoming not only a part of our portfolio but a metaphor for ourselves as well. In this way, they reflect who we are. In this project, I attempt to reinforce this concept by exploring my own identity and how I can represent it in tangible form through dance, a form of self-expression. Utilising the idea that who I am as a person can be reflected in the way I move as a dancer, I aim to use my movements to inspire and inform a series of abstract sculptures that allow me and viewers to better understand myself.