Leyton-based photographer Kate Peters explores the relationship between performance and identity through portraits of femme clowns
With Embodied Futures, Leyton-based photographer Kate Peters explores the relationship between performance and identity through portraits of female and non-binary clowns.
Kate says she was intrigued by the contradictions in what it is to ‘clown’ – to appear light and absurd but also profound.
She says: “The masks and costumes transcend disguise, they are tools of expression, allowing access to a self beyond where we dare to go in everyday life.
“The work is not about stripping away the mask to find a truth, suggesting instead that a truth can be found in the performance. All selves are performed to some degree, and that performance in itself, can be liberating.”
Find out more: katepeters.co.uk| Instagram: @misskatiepeters
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