This work explores the current notions of male and female gender roles through symbolic artificialities. Our societies interest in the construction of monstrously perfected bodies, attempts at creating categorical sexual identities, and our cultural investment in artificial realities through modern advertising are source material for my creation of a new anthropological study of our modern sexual identities.

The relationship of our inherited sexual positions within our culture are transcended and accentuated with the inception of these masks. The essential characteristic of hiding and revealing the personalities or moods of its wearer allows for the assumption of a new identity. Classified by a mix of anthropomorphic and theriomorphic visual signifiers these artificial extremities create a symbolic connection to the wearer’s total sexual self.

Confronted with the loss of their previous identity, the wearer assumes a new persona. Whether it be theatrically extroverted or subjectively introverted, they become characterized by the sexually symbiotic relationship they share with their mask. Infused with predetermined visual signifiers both wearer and mask create a drama of anxiety and presentation that is revealed through the animation of sculptural object and the psychological significance of their movements and poses.