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What are you hiding?

Masked Self-Portraits

Concealed and Revealed

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How many masks do you wear on a daily basis?

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Consider a day when you have/had A LOT going

on...college essays to finish writing, homework, sports

practice, job, etc. Write down your schedule of that

day, from the moment you woke up, to the moment

you went to sleep.

lso include things that may set your schedule apart from someone

elses, based on specific personal things happening in your life right

now

(doctors visits, counseling, assisting someone who is ill, training for

something big, volunteering at your church, etc. )

Think about the many roles you had to play that day...

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Next to each shift in your schedule, write down a few

words describing your mood / personality / demeanor

through each of those points in your schedule.

Pay particular attention to how your personality shifts, or the way

you interact with people, based on what you are doing at that pointin the day.

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What makes you a different person in different situations?

What physical / emotional changes happen to you in these

situations?

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Possible themes for this unit:

Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which yourpersonality is VERY different. Make a mask that juxtaposes these two aspects.

-Protects you from an unpleasant occurrence you must face on a daily/

weekly/monthly basis.

-Honors an occurrence in your routine

-Your ideas???

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What purposes do masks hold?

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Theatrical

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Concealing Identity

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Cosmetic

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Religious

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Ceremonial

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Protective

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Possible themes for this unit:

Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which yourpersonality is VERY different. Make a mask that juxtaposes these two aspects.

-Protects you from an unpleasant occurrence you must face on a daily/

weekly/monthly basis.

-Honors an occurrence in your routine

-Your ideas???

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Possible Materials

You can really use any materials you wish, but you need to

consider how to construct them into a mask.

A few suggestions...

-paper mache-found objects (multiples)-tape-wire

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Possible Materials

Wire & Beads

Thread over photograph

Wire

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Possible Materials

Soda Can Tops TapePaint

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Possible Materials

Shredded Paper

Lace / Fabric

Mirror / Tile

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Possible Materials:

Found Objects

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Artists working with the concept of identity....

Shadi Ghadirian

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Artists working with the concept of identity....

Lynn Hershman

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Artists working with the concept of identity....

Marie-Louise Jones

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Artists working with the concept of identity....

Annakatrin KrausNick Cave & Phyllis Galembo

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Artists working with the concept of identity....

Matthew Barney

P ibl th f thi it

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Possible themes for this unit:

Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which yourpersonality is VERY different. Make a mask that juxtaposes these two aspects.

-Protects you from an unpleasant occurrence you must face on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

-Honors an occurrence in your routine

-Your ideas???

Materials???