Romy van Kessel

The project person A. is about the search for my identity. It covers different phases such as; appearance, behaviour, the outside world and acceptance. We humans are in constant transformation throughout life, and I want to show that. There is no right or wrong, no outcome or answer. As a creator, I sometimes like to step into a different character and experiment with my identity. It feels like there are no rules, no judgment or eyes of others. For me it's a journey of discovery through what I could be. Only this is mainly my own secret. I document it on my own through film or photography, for example. Other people are not part of it, only indirectly. I feel shame and am careful in how I express or behave to the outside world. The characters have arisen from things I long for or 'would like to be'. This film is a step towards less contrast between the different parts of me. Striving from the desire that I live less through the eye of the other, and more for myself.