Deluged
‘Deluged’ is a project about the pressure to perform and how that is influenced by the way our society is structured. Throughout my life, I have dealt with this pressure to perform. I have been taught to be very result-oriented and performance-driven. I am conditioned to work hard if I want to achieve something, work even harder when things get tough or when I don’t know what or how to do something. All aiming to achieve the best possible measurable outcome. Through this primary focus on the quantified result, I forgot how to enjoy. This results in stress that is causing me all kinds of physical and psychological struggles.
More and more people are suffering from this pressure to a greater or lesser extent, causing an increasing number of burnouts or burnout-related complaints. Recent research has shown that one out of six employees in The Netherlands are impacted by burnout complaints (TNO Factsheet Week of the work stress, Nov. 2022). Looking at the number of people that are suffering from these kinds of issues, it is not a personal but public issue. With this project I would like to highlight flaws in our society that are the root cause of this growing public problem.
2023