Artist statement
Hi, this is Aries. I think I am kind of strange because I think I have at least two faces. It doesn’t mean the difference because of making up. It means I have different faces when treating different people. When I talk to my friends, I will laugh loudly, shout, I will show my crazy side to them because I don’t need to worry whether they would think I am strange because they know me very well. And most of my friends are from China, so I speak Chinese, I don’t worry about whether I would make mistake because it is my first language. But when I talk to others, maybe teachers or classmates, I can be very shy, not only because I am not a native speaker but also I am afraid of making mistakes. I am worried about others’ opinions on me. I don’t want them think I am strange. So, I feel like I am wearing a mask on my face when I am talking to others. I don’t want to express my true felling. I am hiding myself behind the mask. I can’t stand the mask any more. I want to take off it and I want to show others my true feeling. I don’t want to hide myself any more. I want to speak out my opinions. In the photo, I took two different photos. One is my smile; another one is when I am serious. It can represent my expression when I meet different people. I cut down half of them and put them together. So I have a strange face. Below the face, I tool another two photos with flags. I am laughing on the one with Chinese flag because I feel free and I don’t worry about anything. I covered my mouth with my hand on the other one with USA flag, because I am afraid of expressing myself as well as making mistakes. Also, I feel like I am different from others as I am international student. But I want to change the situation. And I used the last one that I made myself laugh. I have the will to change.
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