Within the uncommon second when Mascarenhas is not touring, their work nonetheless transcends borders. “You may have a distinct thought and present it to the world utilizing simply the web,” they are saying. They’ve designed NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, that are principally information of possession (typically for artworks) to be purchased and offered. Mascarenhas’s NFTs — some adorned with ceramic face masks and chunky field braids — appear like they belong in a gallery and, in reality, have been in a digital one, known as “Fantasy,” final October. Mascarenhas enjoys the pliability NFTs give them to assist artists, significantly these of shade, and is not shy to confess that it is a possibility for revenue.
Ar + Vin. Vogue Brazil, 2021
However for Mascarenhas, hair is the actual basis for nice potential. “In the future I noticed my hair is artwork — and began to make use of hair as a medium for my artwork,” they are saying. Hair has introduced one in every of their grandfather’s work again to life, replicated throughout braids (above) in a single very cool tackle a contemporary artwork set up. Quickly, Mascarenhas’s creations will probably be featured in a movie about African diasporas and world connections. “I like to speak about tradition, historical past, and analysis Black narratives all over the world,” they are saying.
One factor they’ve found by all of it? Regardless of the place they’re, if there are Afro-descended individuals, Mascarenhas can talk: “Even when we won’t converse the identical language, there’s at all times hair.”
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