Performance And Self-portrayal -- a dialog and publication

My work is predominantly performative and this is documented by self-portraiture, so the topic of this blog and project feels extremely relevant. My work explores ideas of the body in space, and the human body in the natural environment (either as an organism amongst others, or a biological thing amongst human and unnatural elements). Although my work is all technically self-portraiture, I use masks to play with ideas of characters, roles and myth, often referencing folklore, or playing with ideas of classical statues. This a nonymity allows the peices to be judged (I hope) on their own value, not because of the specific individual in the image.   In many cases this is a play on the heroic nature of these historic precedents, question what masculinity is, and represent a vulnerable naked 'everyman' or human figure. Many of my peices use my own body to enact roles, or convey ideas (and I would see these less as self portraiture than using myself as material or medium). In other ...