I am DAMSELFRAU
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| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Totem pole. |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I make masks as autonomous works and as objects of action. For me, the mask is a place where different elements come together in a situation. The work is this place-situation, not masks as a theme, category or form. The mask is a place. I use found materials and materials that I make myself. I have used 200-year-old Geisha hair as well as everyday materials found on the street. I find great joy in solving technical problems that arise in the work. A semi-improvised solution to an actual problem is more satisfying for me than a conventional solution in a known material or technique. I am guided by the phantasms that arise in the process and that lie in the materials themselves. These show the way and inform the things I do. The mask is as much a subject of others' projection as it is my own. It is in this space that the object exists and where I find new ones. |