.faces_of_fear. // red edition // A3 poster
FACES OF FEAR // FACE.ITby WEAREART.studio
We are all creatures ruled by fear, anxiety, and feelings. Yet, when these primal forces disrupt our inner peace, the chaos and cruelty of mental distress often push us toward escape. Escapism offers only hollow hope—a temporary silence. But perhaps, by facing fear and feelings directly, something deeper can begin to shift. Perhaps, through confrontation, there is a fragile path toward acceptance and freedom.
FACE.IT is a visual exploration of anxiety, paranoia, and the oppressive fear of constant judgment—by others, by society, and by ourselves. It gives shape to internalized fear, the faces of negative thoughts and depressive delusions. At its core, the project questions: what happens when we stop running and instead face our fears?
The concept was born out of a moment of collapse—a severe panic attack where I was overcome by the fear that the crowds around me were silently judging me, and that if I acted “wrong,” everyone would turn against me, and I would end up in total solitude.
Afterwards, I felt the urge to draw these faces of fear: the piercing eyes of chaotic thoughts, the inner critics, and the overarching burden of society’s expectations—and my own. I wanted to visualize the notions and nonsense I believed at my lowest. I wanted to face it—to strip the darkness of its power, a darkness living within me and slowly killing me.
I wanted to remind myself not to outrun the faces of fear. My ever-so-loved escapism only gave me short breaks to catch my breath. By illustrating fear, I found a shift in power. Fear, once drawn, could be looked at. Named. Faced. Challenged. Rather than escaping what roared within, I could face it.
The nakedness of the skin as canvas expresses the deep intimacy and exposure of feeling trapped within one’s own mind—being laid bare by self-destructive tendencies and internal battles. The body becomes both prison and prisoner, victim and perpetrator.
At its core, FACE.IT expresses duality: the inner conflict of being harmed by something that lives within. It explores how we can be both our own captors and our own survivors. The project resists escapism and instead embraces confrontation. Through drawing and photo art, it suggests that transformation begins not by fleeing what haunts us, but by having the guts to face it head-on.
.faces_of_fear. // red edition // A3 poster
FACES OF FEAR // FACE.ITby WEAREART.studio
We are all creatures ruled by fear, anxiety, and feelings. Yet, when these primal forces disrupt our inner peace, the chaos and cruelty of mental distress often push us toward escape. Escapism offers only hollow hope—a temporary silence. But perhaps, by facing fear and feelings directly, something deeper can begin to shift. Perhaps, through confrontation, there is a fragile path toward acceptance and freedom.
FACE.IT is a visual exploration of anxiety, paranoia, and the oppressive fear of constant judgment—by others, by society, and by ourselves. It gives shape to internalized fear, the faces of negative thoughts and depressive delusions. At its core, the project questions: what happens when we stop running and instead face our fears?
The concept was born out of a moment of collapse—a severe panic attack where I was overcome by the fear that the crowds around me were silently judging me, and that if I acted “wrong,” everyone would turn against me, and I would end up in total solitude.
Afterwards, I felt the urge to draw these faces of fear: the piercing eyes of chaotic thoughts, the inner critics, and the overarching burden of society’s expectations—and my own. I wanted to visualize the notions and nonsense I believed at my lowest. I wanted to face it—to strip the darkness of its power, a darkness living within me and slowly killing me.
I wanted to remind myself not to outrun the faces of fear. My ever-so-loved escapism only gave me short breaks to catch my breath. By illustrating fear, I found a shift in power. Fear, once drawn, could be looked at. Named. Faced. Challenged. Rather than escaping what roared within, I could face it.
The nakedness of the skin as canvas expresses the deep intimacy and exposure of feeling trapped within one’s own mind—being laid bare by self-destructive tendencies and internal battles. The body becomes both prison and prisoner, victim and perpetrator.
At its core, FACE.IT expresses duality: the inner conflict of being harmed by something that lives within. It explores how we can be both our own captors and our own survivors. The project resists escapism and instead embraces confrontation. Through drawing and photo art, it suggests that transformation begins not by fleeing what haunts us, but by having the guts to face it head-on.
