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Toby Time at Field Day 2016

Toby Time at Field Day 2016

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The Human Condition: Dismorphobia X Loneliness

The Human Condition: Dismorphobia X Loneliness

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Toby Time

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Thankful for all the responses and beautiful feedback I received from the participants at EAP Marseille. Making of this film was an emotional journey for me, from the conversations, filming, editing, critique and eventually the exhibition and showing. Getting to know Abdulhay and then hearing his stories from Syria to Germany, it opened up my eyes to a world so different from what I live in and gave me a lot to reflect on about life. This recent trip to Marseille especially made it so much clearer to me, what this film is about. (Thanks to all who gave me the time and attention to ask questions.) It's at its core very simply about human connection, conversations, expression and being human. It's to give time and patience and openness to hear someone else's story; it's the platform and opportunity to express. So, so thankful for the trust and faith that Abdulhay has in me from start to end. It must not have been easy to share something so vulnerable. I'm learning equally much from my audience's feedback; here's my favourite: "I cried watching it. It's so true you know, what he said. If your family is well and healthy, that's happiness." Link to the video is in my bio if anyone is interested. Do share it if you liked it! Many thanks, Fié

About the difficult questions in life, I gained a valuable advice recently: to live in the moment and go with the flow. Don't think too much, the moment matters more.

What does it mean to be an adult? Are parents always adults? Nobody teaches us how to be one.

What does it mean to be free? My favourite response from an audience: don't think too much

Graduated with a performance degree from Central Saint Martins but no, I'm not a performer. No, I don't act, I don't dance, I don't mime or do flips and jumps. Guess what I learned in the three years is also the expanding definition of performance and how we do and can shape what this art form means and is. Photo taken by Kinari Toyama

Towards the end of a chapter. Our durational performance involving conversations, movement, wearable garments, objects and interactive leave-your-thoughts on "what does it mean to grow up" "what does it mean to let go"

What does it mean to be free? What does it mean to let go?

It really surprised me to have someone sit down and say she was homeless for a long time in the 70s and 80s. Her father had died and her family torn apart, her brothers put to care, her mother miles away and her in a girls' home. Eventually she ended up working in low paying odd jobs, rented beds in hostels, bedsits, all sorts of different housing in slum-like conditions. She said no one cared at that time in the 70s and 80s, they were just left on their own, she had to fend for herself, there was no support and her education stopped at 16 years old. She wanted to go to college and study music but didn't have a mentor to guide her through. The low paying jobs made it difficult for her to save; the housing situation also meant she had to move very often and she had to pay moving fees as well as fork up two months' rent in advance. What options were there for people to break out of the poverty cycle, really? She said to let the younger generation be aware that life wasn't easy for the older generation decades ago, especially for mixed race families; that equally in the past people struggled with the housing situation. The amount of money she had paid for rent thus far could have bought her a home but her financial situation didn't allow it to happen. Even now with pension the retirement age has moved back to 66 years old yet most of her friends didn't live past 60. Her first holiday out of the country was at 38 years old. Her 20 years old neighbour have had more holidays in his 20 years of life than she had had in her near 40 years. I think it's healthy to constantly reflect on our privileges and not take them for granted.

All taken down. Enjoying my first break in a long while. Will I miss Central Saint Martins? A place is not just the physical space, it's the atmosphere, the people, the emotions. The physical and the psychological make up the memories of a place. As much as I would enjoy having the facilities a little longer, they come at the price of stress, tension, assignment deadlines and all of these factors we usually don't consider when we feel nostalgic. These three years carry their ups and downs for me, I've learned and grew as a person, I think that's that for me. The lessons are what crystallised of three years, not necessarily what's taught in lectures but the entirety of what I reflected and learned from the struggles. It's time to move on.

That's my BA done🎓, packing away all my materials but also my three years. 💆🏻 Excited to be out in the real world now. 🚶🏻‍♀️Done with institutions.✔️

It's the last day of degree show! 12-5pm today at Central Saint Martins. Come in and have a chat with me!

Yes, something fun happens. My last performance with Liz at Central Saint Martins, tomorrow 12-1pm. We are graduating!

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