Discover what it takes to put together a collection for an arts degree show as final-year Loughborough University Fine Art student Diya shows us the processes involved as she prepares for the Creative Arts Degree Show 2024.

"I am an Indian artist, born and brought up in Dubai, UAE, and now residing in the UK. My practice centres around my desire to understand the meaning of home and its role in the creation of one’s sense of self. I have an oscillating relationship with different “homes” in my life. During my childhood in Dubai, I called India my “home”, and now I live in the UK calling Dubai my “home”. Is it all transitory then? More interestingly, is it my evolving sense of self that is changing what I view as my home, or is my dispersed home scattering my notion of self? These are the questions I am trying to answer through my work. 

I create films using video and audio recordings I capture on a day-to-day basis along with archival footage in the pursuit of forging feelings of longing, contemplation, nostalgia, and so on. My film Choir Of Selves, weaves together different threads of culture, memories and moments, to create a narrative of leaving and longing for home and finding solace in the in-between. The film is projected onto a paper screen to create an ephemerality that mimics a stream of consciousness."

You can follow Diya on:
Instagram: @diyasanjeev

We wish Diya every success for the future.

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