Nathalie's video project:

The subject of my video performance is identity and to be more specific the loss of identity. At first, I face the camera and paint my face with the three colors of the German flag: black, red and gold. My intention is to show the national identity. By over painting my complete face with black paint I am trying to erase this identity and at the same time create a new one. This new identity is not defined by a country or a state and at the same time it is not “blank” either. I chose the color black to indicate that identity is not connected with race (or class or gender…).

To sum up, ones identity cannot be generalized or defined by outer circumstances, it is an inner attitude and feeling that is truly individual.