MASKS

"Masks... that thin extra skein we wear, a shield between danger and safety, the self and the world, the truth and the lie. In this year of pandemic, masks have become ubiquitous. In this issue, our contributors paint mask images of all kinds. The digital mask we wear from behind our screens. ​A death mask that follows a woman haunted by grief. The masks we inherit from our family. The mask of clouds across the sky after a volcanic eruption. The black confidentiality tape that masks an interrogation transcript. Masks are more than just the soft cloth that covers our mouths and noses, protecting us from COVID. We wear masks when we want to present a persona to the world. We wear masks to save us and to cloak us. As these pages illustrate, masks both prevent and protect. Masks, as we've learned this year, are everywhere. - April 2021"

~Laura Hawbaker, Columbia College Chicago Library Artist-in-Residence

To view the artwork and zine, visit: https://www.maskslitmag.com/