The mask has often been suggested as metaphor for
the different personas people wear. In this universe i've constructed, the mask becomes a face
because of the absence of a head underneath, a suggestion that the masks we wear
are, ultimately, our identity. Or at least, a convincing simulation of our
identity, in which case, what's the difference? The animation exposes
simulated interaction, of the surfaces and disguises we expose in our various
relationships. The figures are purposely animated in a pattern that seems
chaotic from a close, low perspective, but seems orchestrated when seen from a
higher view. We don't always see the patterns of interaction in our daily lives,
and these figures are
unable to see the anything but the identical reflections of their own mask in the
faces of others.