Mask identity

I am MTV

Sketches

Stuck in my television set

Football Season

Headphones

Deep Sea Diver

Charcoal, pen, and pencil

Bundle up. Pen. pencil.

line drawing pen, interior of mask

Sketches for Mask identity

Elvis is my model

The frame in progress

Me

First layer.

More layers

Texture

The exterior almost complete, Thankyouverymuch

Surround sound

My identity

is

reflected

in

my

music

Final solution "Unloveable"-The Smiths

"Unloveable"

Mask identity project:

The mask identity project  was an exploration of ones self, as well as a test of how to manipulate foreign materials.  The mask was constructed of galvanized wire, tracing paper, glue, and a few strips of vellum.  Originally, the form was intended to be a television set.  This representing, having grown up with MTV, when it was music television.  I later chose to work with a circular form and had an astronaut helmet, or a diving helmet as the models.  Ironically, I built the form over an Elvis lamp.  Music has always been a huge part of my life growing up, and has continued to be what defines me literally.  I have been a DJ for 18 years in Gainesville, Florida.  For years, I have been know as DJ Donna to many.  It is interesting to represent a decade of music and people associate you with this. The 80s, is an will always be my favorite genre of music.  My final solution for my masked identity was to create a mask that would conceal my head. I dressed and made my face up, just as I would if I were working. I surrounded myself with my records. I chose my favorite Smiths song, "Unloveable". I wrote the lyrics and photo shopped them into the background as an added texture and personal touch.  The photograph has transparency as an added reinforcement as to how connected I am with my music and my career.  The most enjoyable thing in life is doing what you love and being yourself. I express myself through music, therefore my identity, revolves around my music and what the experience I create when I am my identity, DJ Donna.