cyberpunkonline

Willfully adopted masks are not about dehumanising the wearer. They are about actively, and often playfully, exploring identity, and or anonymity, without the wearers actions being linked subconsciously to existing ties of recognition. Suggesting that all masks dehumanise their wearers is to mundanely assume that a person couldn’t surpress their personna temporarily in order to explore a new or dormant one at will… it suggests a lack of imagination…