Persona 1 - photo under plexiglas stuck onaluminium, 70cm x 50cm - Persona 2 - Lili 's face resin mask, resin - human size - 2007

The origin of the word persona is probably derived from Etruscan and designated masks worn by actors in the theater. These masks gave the appearance, each embodied "character" (the film Persona I. Bergman, refers.) In making this mask, which comes from a photo where I closed my eyes and painted on my eyelids (as Jean Cocteau in Le Testament d'Orphee), I imagine an inner journey, the work of deep concentration protected by a mask, an appearance, a second face. I'm not there ... I'm here ... as a person.

Screen shot of a video during installation

Balade, le 16 mars 2006 à Montpellier