Through a window, in the crack of a door, within a mirror, I immerse myself in the intimacy of those whose bodies transform during this time of revelry and release. Mas a Po—a cultural and identitarian specificity of Guadeloupean Carnival—draws its strength from ancestral traditions.
This metamorphosis questions not only Creole cultural belonging but also our relationship to bodies, genders, and the social body. Skin becomes veiled, while the gaze becomes unveiled. Skin transforms into a receptive surface whose lines can be redrawn—a canvas opening to infinite possibilities of self-expression, moving closer to the plurality and complexity of being.
