In Een Grijs Gebied

(in a gray area)

In 2023 This work was shown at my graduation show ‘esposure’ of the HKU. This was a personal project that I worked on for a year, towards te graduation.

In Een Grijs Gebied(In a Gray Area) is a portrait of the surroundings of Tata Steel. I tell about the environment through a visual translation of anecdotes and stories of local residents, visitors and employees. Like me, they have a connection with this place and perhaps also each have their own inner conflict about this environment. What considerations do you make if you continue to live here? These people are not against the company as before, rather they are in a gray area with divided opinions. It is a poetic visual reportage about people's connections to this environment.

This project is a poetic, visual reportage about the environment of Tata steel that consists of bundled illustrations of anecdotes from the people who have a connection to this environment.

I created four zines that tell the stories of the people who deal with Tata Steel every day. I interviewed these people and they told me their stories and shared their feelings with me about this giant company.