TaQanoa*
“Mannequin in my daydreams, I’m disguised as situations that my realistic self couldn’t handle.”
In tribal cultures, masks are more than adornments. They are tools of transformation, used to confront danger, escape fear, or seek ancestral guidance, bridging the visible and invisible worlds.
TaQanoa reflects on the mask as a space of protection, projection, and inner transformation. Through daydreams, each portrait becomes a disguised self: a figure shaped by what is seen, imagined, feared, and hidden.
*Taqanoa, is an Arabic word meaning “to be masked”
