After moving to Europe and entering a Western cultural context, my sense of identity as an individual became increasingly unstable through cultural displacement. Questions such as how I present my identity and how I grow within this context have become ongoing sources of confusion and struggle.

        I dyed my hair both blonde and black, and over time, black roots gradually began to grow back. The black was not completely replaced; instead, it reappeared through the body itself, marking the passage of time and lived experience. Throughout this process, I continuously questioned myself while simultaneously longing for recognition from the mainstream world and for success. This inner conflict led me to think of well-known Asian actresses in Hollywood—particularly those who migrated from China to hollywood—who seem to represent an idealized model of success within this specific cultural condition.

        By bringing these two elements together, the work shows my personal struggle between identity, migration, and desire, and the visual transformations that emerge from this process. It reveals a state of unstable balance: on the one hand, my personal identity that remains in constant flux, tension, and reconfiguration; on the other hand, is a persistent desire for success and acceptance within the dominant cultural framework.