Bianca Censori let a masked stand-in do the speaking throughout a surreal Interview Magazine function following her efficiency artwork debut in Seoul.

The 30-year-old Australian designer and spouse of Kanye West remained utterly silent in the course of the interview, opting as a substitute for a masked proxy to reply each query whereas she locked eyes with the interviewer.

The uncommon setup adopted her first official efficiency piece, “BIO POP,” which occurred in South Korea and instantly drew on-line backlash. In the efficiency, Censori wore a darkish purple latex bodysuit whereas serving gelatinous cake to a room of lookalike clones posing as human furnishings, which mirrored her picture.

“The doppelgangers are not copies of Bianca. They’re spillages. They’re what happens when a public image detaches from the person who animates it,” the masked determine defined within the interview.

During the Interview Magazine session, her consultant continued to talk on her behalf, providing an summary rationalization of Censori’s inventive intent.

“A woman in the public eye is forced to watch versions of herself multiply without her consent,” the doppelganger said. “People project, people invent, people erase. So she sculpts the versions they create, the phantom selves.”

The masked speaker described the efficiency not as a cry for assist, however a daring act of management. “She is reclaiming the unauthorized clones. She’s not trapped in her image. She’s multiplying it until the original becomes myth.”

“BIO POP” drew inspiration from Allen Jones’ controversial Nineteen Seventies sculptures that depicted girls as furnishings. While some within the artwork world dismissed Censori’s work as “redundant,” others praised it as subversive and symbolic.

When requested to outline her goal, affect and identification, the masked determine gave rapid-fire solutions: “Expression,” “Reality,” and “Tension.” The interview ended with Censori lastly breaking her silence, thanking the interviewer and providing a hug.

Censori, whose public appearances have drawn scrutiny all through 2024 and 2025, has develop into a lightning rod for criticism.

Her sheer outfit at the 2025 Grammys prompted widespread commentary, and her marriage to Kanye West has reportedly been under strain following his antisemitic posts on social media.

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