Ruins
A study on Venetian carnival masks.
This site, which encompasses an opening of the Grand Canal, is a participant in the Venetian Carnival, during which celebrators wear intricate, hand-carved masks.
This project sought to explore spatial ideas of concealment, specifically as it relates to constructed overhead conditions.
The innate spatial qualities of water. Refraction versus reflection and its impact on the human condition. While concealed behavior may appear altered, one quite literally transforms.
Permanent versus temporal marketing spheres. Masks are a permanent fixture within Venetian culture, but those producing them is shifting.
In recent years mask production has shifted outside of a domestic craft and become incorporated more into the global economy. This poses a major risk to traditional mask makers as they are now being outsourced.
