Freya Johnstone

We often neglect our surroundings and fail to appreciate that our identities are reflected in the objects we surround ourselves with. While identity is shaped by personal experiences, social connections, and cultural influences, these aspects take physical form through books, memorabilia, relics, and nostalgia items. Throughout this project, I questioned what would happen if we were stripped of these items, if our disregard for the environment would result in our displacement, and who we would become without decoration. My piece represents this; once each object is removed, the bag's identity is lost, with only the silhouette and memory being left.