In traditional West African masquerade, when the performer puts on the mask, it becomes a bridge between the human and spiritual realms. Interwoven with patterns of plaited shells, Brendan Fernandes takes inspiration from the masks housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's African collection — masks which have been removed from their place of origin — reimbuing the forms with specificity, texture, and purpose through textural photography and photogrammetry. 

Ten percent of the proceeds from each mask benefits _Moving Forward: The Dancer Fund_. This mask is carbon-negative through distributions toward environmental initiatives including Aerial & the Kasigau Wildlife Sanctuary.

Through _Souvenir_, Fernandes reactivates the masks' nature: to create community, and to create dance.

Brendan Fernandes Souvenir

Generative mask and shells by Brendan Fernandes. 

Each mask is unique.  A collection of 1000.

Souvenir #092

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