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Anonymity

No face. Identity is the work, the voice, the archive, the world.

A graffiti writer's habit turned philosophy: the signature does the face's job. The approved visual vocabulary: silhouette, hands, respirator, a small figure on a 25-story wall.

  1. 1998The letters

    An alias is a paintable face: Cadillac → Snef → Pant. Don't hide the real name. Build a new one.

    master/concepts C13

  2. 1999The letters

    The first photographs on paper, posing in front of the walls — kept private.

  3. 2005The letters

    Control the search result. Replace the portrait with a field of chosen images. «Cuando alguien busca mi nombre, quiero que encuentre mi obra, no mi cara.»

    Felipe's account

  4. 2014The studio

    Interviews are done from behind, wearing a respirator, or by email.

    master/concepts C13

  5. 2016The studio

    The face is received. The work is chosen. I am more what I do than the way I look.

    Felipe's account

  6. 2018The studio

    The face adds information the work doesn't need. Without a face, the work arrives before the prejudices attached to the body.

  7. 2026The environment

    This website: identity through the section, not the portrait.

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