Concealed and Revealed

What are you hiding?

Masked Self-Portraits
How many “masks” do you wear on a daily basis?
 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.

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

Also include things that may set your schedule apart from someone
else’s, based on specific personal things happening in your life right
now
(doctor’s visits, counseling, assisting someone who is ill, training for
something big, volunteering at your church, etc. )
 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 point
in the day.
What makes you a different person in different situations?

What physical / emotional changes happen to you in these

situations?
 Possible themes for this unit:
Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which your

personality 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???
What purposes do masks hold?
Theatrical
Concealing Identity
Cosmetic
Religious
Ceremonial
Protective
 Possible themes for this unit:
Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which your

personality 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???
 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
 Possible Materials

Wire & Beads

Thread over photograph
Wire
 Possible Materials

Paint
Soda Can Tops Tape
 Possible Materials

Lace / Fabric

Shredded Paper Mirror / Tile

Possible Materials:

Found Objects
Artists working with the concept of identity....

Frederique Daubal
Artists working with the concept of identity....

Shadi Ghadirian
Artists working with the concept of identity....

Lynn Hershman
Artists working with the concept of identity....

Marie-Louise Jones
Artists working with the concept of identity....

Nick Cave & Phyllis Galembo Annakatrin Kraus

Artists working with the concept of identity....

Matthew Barney
 Possible themes for this unit:
Make a mask that...

-Combines two situations in your daily/weekly schedule in which your

personality 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???