Untitled Veils

2013-2015

Using video, digital photography, performance and experiential research, this project explored the history and contemporary use of veils, garments of concealment and fetish costumes. Through making and inhabiting my own veils and masks, I engaged in simultaneous actions of disappearance and visibility. The veil and my physical appearance became mediated associations of cultural aesthetic symbols. Performances for live audiences used a live camera and customized chroma-key software during which I experienced a sense of agency over my own image.