03 Apr Selu Herraiz aka Lilith
Posted at 11:26h
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The balaclava, a former symbol of concealment or threat, has also become the portrayal of a blank face. A face in which we can project all subjectivities; a face that could be “anyone”.
To wear a hood means to emancipate, to release oneself from all the attachments of being individual. Those attachments symbolise mechanisms of power that imply to keep a watchful eye over each person that carries a face. Therefore, getting uniformed with a mask brings up reactive answers as long as it represents a threat to the body’s control system. The action of hiding one’s face, even when it goes against the moral manners, implies a conscious decision over one’s body. “to remove the muzzle from one’s face”
