The imagery of Halloween masks brought up several connotations -- gas masks, faces melting from radiation or faces transfixed with fear, eyes wide like ghosts.
But a returning soldier, and a strange mask, bring out their savagery.
But in high heat the new suits can still cause the wearer to sweat profusely and, together with a tightly sealed gas mask, bring on feelings of claustrophobia, military veterans who have worn them said.
In "Reina de la Noche" Mr. Tosatti, cloaked in a blanket that he later shed to reveal a terrifying mask, brought his subject to life with imposing creepiness.
The Yoruba believe that the breeze stirred up by the whirling dance of an Egungun mask brings security and the promise of good fortune to those close enough to feel it".
The mask brings up a lot of questions from the viewer: Is this a feminist statement about sexual objectification?
Closed-circuit television footage showed a portly figure wearing an ill-fitting costume including gloves, cape and mask, bringing a 27-year-old man to a police station in Bradford in northern England.
A Theodore Mann production presented by the Alumni Ensemble of the theater's school, this inventive show for ages 5 and older uses elaborate masks to bring Aesop's characters (and four fables) to life.
A Theodore Mann production presented by the Alumni Ensemble of the theater's school, this inventive show for ages 5 and older, closing on Friday, uses elaborate masks to bring Aesop's characters (and four fables) to life.
"We send out letters a few weeks before Halloween telling parents that their children cannot wear masks or bring weapons of any kind to the school," said Kenneth Smith, the principal at Strathmore.
Satiny surfaces textured all over by the slight ridges left by removed masking tape bring us back to the material surface, affirming the old Modernist tension between the physical and the illusory.
