The Characters

Art, Installation, International

The Characters: Modern Interpretation of Traditional Art

The Characters is a spatial installation that combines Chinese masks used in traditional performance to form a dome. Each mask graphically illustrate one specific character in real life. By showing all masks together in a dome, audience is brought inside a condensed world of personalities. The installation is also meant to be seen from both inside and outside, which is another way to show the complex relationship between our inner and outer world.

Team: Vicky Chan, Alex Mailloux, Chris Chang, Aime Vailes-Macarie, Tony Lee

Chinese Opera, 京劇, 京劇面譜, installation, mask
Chinese Opera, 京劇, 京劇面譜, installation, mask

Looking through the Mask

Installation and Catalog

The Characters in various sizes

The Characters

mask in horizon

masks looking up