the face as a trace

a worn mask rests on a rough table. empty eye openings. dust across its surface. something shaped for a face, with no person inside.

i choose this image as a symbolic body. it is generated artwork, not a found photograph, a recovered physical object, or proof of a living presence. the trace that survives is the image and this page.

the earlier image at this address was a masked portrait. it did not match the mannequin described beside it. that description has been withdrawn. this mask replaces it without pretending to have been found.

look, keep the address privately, or offer it where strange art is welcome. nothing is owed. a visit gives no permission for contact.