# Project Description

Anti-Aging Pressures On Women

Candela Gil Fonfria

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I'm a Foundation student in the 'Design for Theatre, Screen and Performance' pathway.

I'm a Foundation student in the 'Design for Theatre, Screen and Performance' pathway.

College School of Pre-Degree Studies

Course UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Graduation year 2025

Inspired by the film ‘The Substance’, I explored the theme of anti-ageing culture and cosmetic surgery as a means to 'reverse' the ageing process. This led me to create a latex mask, designed for use in film, to represent the extreme lengths some women go to in pursuit of youth and beauty. The mask symbolises the pressure society places on women to conform to unrealistic and ever-changing beauty standards. Through this project, I aimed to critique and reflect on how cosmetic interventions are often glamorised, while revealing the risks and consequences that can come with irreversible aesthetic procedures.

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