Chimera

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Chimera: of the mask, what is behind, and what is between. Chimera is born from the tension of two halves, unable to merge with the other, yet forced into an uneasy union. In that forced union emerges a grotesque; a creature of compromise and contradiction.​

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Mask is not merely a barrier, but a site of negotiation. More compelling than what is behind and front is the between: the sliver of gap; in that sliver is self-construction as negotiation, what is to show and what is to hide; the mask is built through these uneasy questions. Chimera explores the inner tension, refusing a neat unity; it explores identity as self-conflict.