Which Mask? (2022)
Hand-built claw machine with Ali Napier, 198 x 80 x 80 cm
Which Mask? asks players to consider who holds the power to shape and choose others’ identities; members of the public can try and ‘win’ a mask whilst being confronted by their own reflection as they do so. The claw is an extension of the person in control, they are the puppet-master. The machine should be fun, as they are made for kids. However, in this context it creates connotations of naivety, childhood and ignorance, calling for a better, more informed society beyond inequality and patriarchal power.
