What is a window to you?

This year’s project was based on exploring the personal, sensory, and ideological interpretation of a window.

I decided to focus my project (a website) on the concept of face censorship, which has historical origins that run much deeper than is commonly believed or remembered.

I like to define the window as a medium: a point of connection between my home, a safe space and a solid barrier that opens up to the outside world. From windows, everything is visible, and I have always been allowed to look out at invisible images and landscapes full of people. This is what led me to focus on the face, a vital and complex component of social attachment, used not only to distinguish ourselves but also to recognise one another. This philosophy prompted me to wonder what happens when, conversely, these windows are shuttered and made to disappear.

Face censorship has a fascinating history that has never truly been explored in depth, which piqued my curiosity. What does it mean for us to show our faces, and what consequences and intentions follow when we cover, or even completely erase them?