![]() ![]() It will be shown on the face of another person. Then the face is isolated from the rest of the body, to form a mask. For these projections, I do not try to align the facial features, I leave it to chance. to take the qualities of someone else to appear at its best. People often say " the image that you project ,". the eyes is deliberately expressionless, Frozen faces, masks. ![]() complexion does not conform to the true complexion of the model. The face lines are uttered, marked, and skins have a waxy aspect. My work comes in 3 steps : face makeup is first, to provide a mask aspect, through a makeup that gives the appearance of a drawn face, a bad drawing, inspired by signs of african street hairdressers. ![]() This, regardless of sex, age, or gender. Translate literally the notion of " social mask" by projecting the face of a person on another person’s face. In my series, I avoid photoshop and I decide to create masks "for real" life-size. The idea of " fit in » in the mold is very present.Įveryone dreams of appearing at its best, stronger, more beautiful, more powerful. The self-promotion has never been stronger and desired that nowadays. African society accepts and promotes those who play a role, who can " sell ". Hide under the perpetual face mask traditional cultural dictates, but often act inconsistently. Impersonate someone richer, more attractive, more serious, or more traditional ou « Westernized » sometimes both at the same time. My series reflect the moult of our African society. Do not forget where we come from, who we are. Appearances and social masks allow the company survival, we are to be both simple and complex, we reveal a part of what we really are. If we are fully aware and use the mask properly / to our advantage, it becomes a force, a weapon. Social masks are double-edged : If we are under social pressure and we have this default mask, it becomes a wound, a burden. All of which leads to Jung as " persona is what someone is not in reality, but that he and others think it is. But more often, we do not really realize that we wear this mask. The persona represents our social mask, the face we show to others, one that allows us to communicate with them and to help them identify us. ![]() The ego can easily identify with the persona, leading the individual to take to the one he is in the eyes of others and not knowing who he really is. In his analytical psychology, Carl Gustav Jung took over this word for the part of the personality that organizes the individual's relationship to society, the way everyone has more or less run in a socially predefined character to take his social role. But also to allow his voice to be heard far enough from the audience. This mask had the function at a time to give the character's appearance he interpreted to the actor. The word comes from the Latin Persona ( the personare verb per- sonare : talk through ) it meant the mask worn by theater actors. ![]()
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