Our collective body has a face that, like all faces, is both a screen that others project onto and a mirror that reflects our selves. The inflection point between the two is where we meet. Here, into the cotton padding of the back of the masks, Yoon has inserted countless acupuncture needles, conduits for the transfer of energy, or qi (ki). These needles in particular carry a history of this transfer; they have previously been used to heal. In Prosthetic Portals, Jin-me Yoon articulates a poetics of repair.