PROJECT ROOM
LIVING THE DREAM
GEORGINA LEE
Covering a wide range of mediums including painting, installation and video, Living the Dream explores the sacrifices we make in order to meet society’s expectations for wealth, lifestyle and success. In drawing references from the white-‐collar contemporary workplace and negotiating the precarious relationship between success and objectified labour, my work questions the extent by which our aspirations and values have been shaped by social conditioning and driven by social pressure. In a status-‐anxious modern society where success is predominantly defined by an accumulation of material wealth, do we still find any meaning in achieving fulfilment in our lives through less tangible means?
