Sliding Shadow

This series explores the fragile artifice of identity and the moments when our curated performance of self fractures. Operating on the premise of three distinct faces - internal self-perception, public image, and the hidden real self. I examine the elusive space where personal narratives collapse.

At the core of this investigation is the intersection of inherited lineage and hidden shadows. The hidden self rarely belongs to us alone; in moments of vulnerability, ancestral traits and family resentments bleed through our polished surfaces. We are confronted by the disquieting realisation that the unfamiliar figure looking back through our own eyes bears the weight of another.

When does the mask truly slip? In our dreams, in our blood, or when our practised narratives fail us?