Mixed Media
2024
What makes a mask? Is it a force of protection? A disguise? How does a mask inform our identity, relationship to society? We adapt our masks to better exist in a world that does not align with our embodied sense of authenticity. The enigmatic relationship to the mask allows duplicate truths of belonging. It makes us feel more like ‘self’ as well as more like other. A mask condones a sense of belonging and acts as a wall between what is inside and what is outside.