Research-led multidiciplinary collections.
Year:
2026
Issuance (Student ID)
This work examines identity at the moment it is first formalized by an institution. Using the format of a student identification card, identity is framed not as a self-expression but as administrative recognition.
The card translates the subject into a legible unit through personal data, image and assigned role, positioning identity as something issued and regulated rather than authored. An expriry date corresponding to the subject's date of birth collapses origin and termination, suggesting that validity is conditional from the moment of existence.
The reverse of the card foregrounds control over recognition. Machine-readable elements reduce the individual to data, while institutional language frames the self as both property and permission-returned only while deemed valid within the system.
A transparent iteration of the student ID destabilizes the authority of the object, revealing identity as a thin, fragile layer that functions only while opacity is maintained. Together, the work presents identity as infrastructure: issued, managed and withdrawn by systems of evaluation.
Name:
Issuance (Student ID)
Type:
Object-based