"Mexican Death"
With this new project I've decided to go down the path of looking into the connection of life and death, and the possible ways we try and connect these two spectrums together. The "Day of the Dead," which is a day celebrated in Mexico, where the holiday focuses on the gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
Skeleton masks and skulls are mostly used to represent this holiday. What interested me was the possibilities of the mask itself, where once worn does this connect the person more to the dead? Maybe subconsciously however masks worn at festivals we use to connect to the celebration or moment. But I do feel a mask creates an almost schizophrenic impact as your identity and personality is lost almost instantly as the mask is put on. A mask of a skull, our behavior would differentiate from a mask of a horse.
But my main task of this project so far is to present the ways in which we, the living try to connect with the dead, (influenced through the Mexican "Day of the Dead.")
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