The Mask
The Mask
An investigation of concealment and exposure in the environment of psychological space. This work explores the mask as a symbol, a sculptural object, a cultural icon, and as a device used to transform ones identity. The mask-wearer is both concealed and liberated, their identity obfuscated and replaced by an unfamiliar external persona. But a mask is not a new skin; rather, it is an anonymous, psychological space to experience a separate state of being -- a non-person, a non-human, an alternate self.
An investigation of concealment and exposure in the environment of psychological space. This work explores the mask as a symbol, a sculptural object, a cultural icon, and as a device used to transform ones identity. The mask-wearer is both concealed and liberated, their identity obfuscated and replaced by an unfamiliar external persona. But a mask is not a new skin; rather, it is an anonymous, psychological space to experience a separate state of being -- a non-person, a non-human, an alternate self.
