PROVOCATION UNIT FINAL PIECE

IN MY PROVOCATION UNIT AND MY LINE OF WORK THROUGHOUT IT, SPANNING GRAPHIC DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND DIGITAL ART, I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA. THIS DECISION IS ROOTED IN THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES FACED BY A COUNTRY RENOWNED FOR ITS ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTY YET PLAGUED BY ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND THE EXPLOITATION OF ITS RESIDENTS. THE PERSONAL CONNECTION STEMS FROM MY CHILDHOOD SPENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE I WAS INITIALLY OBLIVIOUS OR TOO YOUNG TO GRASP THE GRAVITY OF THESE ISSUES. THROUGHOUT MY EXPLORATION, I’VE DELVED INTO PROBLEMS SUCH AS LOAD SHEDDING, RACIAL AND GENDER BIAS, VIOLENCE, RACIAL SEGREGATION, AND HISTORICAL CHALLENGES LIKE APARTHEID. INFLUENCES FROM FIGURES LIKE NELSON MANDELA, WHO DEDICATED HIMSELF TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, RESONATES PROFOUNDLY. DESPITE MY EVOLVING INSIGHTS, MY ORIGINAL INTENTION PERISTSED, MY UNWAVERING PASSION ABOUT RAISING AWARENESS OF THESE PROBLEMS IS DRIVEN DEEP BY MY CONNECTION TO THE PLACE I ONCE CALLED HOME.

 

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