Masks/Máscaras by Guilherme Blanc PAPERBACK 9788867494699

Mousse Publishing

Mascaras / MasksAuthor(s): Guilherme Blanc, Zach Blas, Grada Kilomba, Valentinas Klimasauskas, Joao Laia, Omsk Social Club\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Mousse Publishing, Italy\nImprint: Mousse Publishing\nISBN-13: 9788867494699, 978-8867494699\nSynopsis\n\""Masks have a long-standing place in the history of societies, having been used for everything from tools of control to protective gear. But they also have a subversive aspect capable of questioning the status quo. Often understood as representations of actual, desired, or imposed social personas, masks hold a special relation to identity, signaling specific attributes and capacities of a personor the lack thereof. [. ] As a symptom of an era of extreme transformation, masking has gained renewed traction and urgency. From the online avatars used for activism, entertainment, or propaganda to the different dynamics either emptying or occupying our streets, practices of caricature, camouflaging, face swapping, masquerading, mimica