Broken Mirror

This series plays with the mundane experience of seeing ourselves in a mirror.  We typically look into a mirror with the implicit assumption that what we see is a true and undistorted reflection of who we are outwardly and how others see us. The reflection becomes a means of assessment of how others perceive us, of our acceptability and attractiveness – or lack thereof .

In the mirrored reflection the one gazing into the face is simultaneously the one gazed at and has a depth of intimacy with the subject of the gaze that no other has: she knows of triumphs and failures; she knows of authenticity and hypocrisy; she knows of truths and lies.  This intimacy conditions the way the face is perceived. 

The assumption that the mirror positions us into the place of the other and sees as other see is what I’m trying to question in this series.

The integrity of the mirrored reflection must be broken.