tag
mask
The face as costume; faces that perform as objects. The individual disappears — the symbol remains.
Meaning
Part of the fool/hero face-performance system — see that page for the map. Here: faces that perform as objects, the person replaced by the symbol.
Mac Miller & Earl Sweatshirt - The Star Room
Tyler, The Creator - CHERRY BOMB
Jean Dawson & Rusowsky - KINKI FIGARO
Travels With
In the World
Sources and references beyond the archive. External artworks are flagged and credited.
- Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 James Ensor, 1888
A whole city of masks with one true face lost in it — the crowd as carnival, the carnival as judgment.
external source Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 — James Ensor, 1888 ↳ in the archive: Sunburn at the Garden, Auditions for the Rose Bowl Parade, Sock and Buskin