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camouflage is used as a defense system to disguise appearance, mask location, identity, and movement- usually to mix with their surroundings. In nature, this allows the prey to avoid predators and for predators to move furtively among the prey. Camouflage is about blurring the “edges” between the object and the background - in other words between the subject and the context. Its clearly a survival mechanism which is used to protect or attack, and exist in all levels of life. In cultural camouflage one has to identify these sharp edges (which are not accepted as normal), and obscure them by adapting characteristics of the environment. It can be a conscious or unconscious process. Camouflage can be dangerous, not only to the surroundings but to the the person itself because when camouflage progresses for a long period of time, the person can forget who he/she really is. This work is precisely about the camouflage we do as individuals. It's about a mechanism, patters, and stains of information. It's bout the ability of our mind to add the missing information. Above all of that, this work is about those "edges" we blur... what are we revealing about ourselves and what are we hiding? what parts of us are hidden from ourselves? Im assuming it's about asking questions without necessarily seeking answers ...