The Mechanical Theater of the Self

A clown-like face, suspended between human and automaton, towers over a Renaissance-style square populated by tiny surreal figures.
Its exposed inner gears reveal the intricate machinery of identity, while the painted face displays a programmed, artificial emotion.
In the background, a building floats like a marionette in the sky, held by invisible strings, as a skeletal figure hauls a cart—symbol of the burden of consciousness.
The work stages the drama of the modern individual, torn between the social mask and inner structure, between apparent freedom and hidden determinism.