PHYSIOGNOMIES

phys·i·og·no·my

 

ˌfizēˈä(ɡ)nəmē/

 

noun

 

a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.*

 

*Like phrenology, another disproven system of physical assessment. 

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This is an ongoing series of mask/face schematics and cultural mashups from my biracial childhood. Masks are universal in human history, and I wanted to combine them in a very diagrammatic way, something similar to the instruction manuals for model toy robots that I studied as a youth. 

 

All this juxtaposition allows for interplay between hard/soft and modern/traditional. And you know how I love that.