I sometimes ask myself who I am right now. The important part of that is “right now” as the answers change with time and circumstances. While performing my piece Character Study, I became a victim, not intentionally, but it still happened. Two simple pieces of plastic placed on my face changed how I felt about myself, or how I thought others viewed me.

“Just imagine living in a world without mirrors. You’d dream about your face and imagine it as an outer reflection of what is inside you. And then, when you reached forty, someone put a mirror before you for the first time in your life. Imagine your fright! You’d see the face of a stranger. And you’d know quite clearly what you are unable to grasp: your face is not you.”-Agnes, Milan Kundera’s Immortality

The structure of my work uses the forms of popular culture, such as paper dolls, filmstrips, and reality television. Using these forms, I explore identity, as self given and culturally given.