the name is the face — the name, panel 1 of 2 — 9:16 phone lockscreen wallpaper by bycometheadthe name is the face — the title, panel 2 of 2 — 9:16 phone lockscreen wallpaper by bycomethead

the name is the face

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the name

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the name becomes the portrait when the face is no longer required.

installation

two words, one silhouette, no face. in this diptych, a pop icon is stripped of facial expression while monumental typography takes over the portrait. the glossy red silhouette remains unchanged, but the words behind it transform its meaning. “britney” names a person. “princess” names the mythology constructed around her. between recognition and identity lies the uncomfortable question of what happens when an individual becomes an image the entire world believes it owns. dedicated to britney spears — beyond the titles, the spectacle, and everything projected onto her.