"The genesis of creating this work lies embedded in searching for what it means to be white and African. By requesting that my skin be smeared in with black shoe-polish by a fellow African artist (Assane Sar (Senegal)), I hope to raise issues regarding identity within a diverse African cultural environment. Being a soundless video I attempt to force occular engagement of the work, thereby accentuating the visual surface of skin, and by it being looped I am addressing identity as an ongoing and (as yet), unresolved issue."