She
She exhibits itself as a female nude, yet retains anonymity through the mask.
She chooses to perform for the lens, yet excludes her identity through the generic representation of a 'face', unblemished, contained, untarnished by the marks of expression.
The setting is domestic and the body inhabits a familiar bedroom space, but the masking contaminates the apparent sense of comfort as the struggle between the private and public taints the body.
Exhibited at the Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, as part of the Performed Narratives exhibition with Sanna Kuittinen, February 2009.
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