the art of the mask in the immigrant imagination
We all wear masks. Sacred, functional, or performative, masks help us understand what it means to be human and how we hope to be seen. By providing the imaginative experience of transforming into a different identity, masks allow for inquiry into the edges of our individual and collective mythologies.
As people leaving home to create a new one in another land, or children of these immigrants in the work of bridging an identity separated by the Pacific, the need to guise as a means of survival is shared. In celebration of All Souls Day, we explore the masks we wear to protect our truth, project aspirations, and honor the ancestors.
tern out for the terno
february 18 , 2023 at sentro
814 Mission StreetT, IN THE HEART OF SOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
A 3-day mask making workshop or a 1 day drop-in to develop identity consciousness, bring all your ghosts.
masks required
In a post-lockdown world of syncopated normalcies, we are attempting to recover our communal rituals and gatherings that have been gravely compromised these past several years. The weight of tremendous grief has forced us to mourn in isolation, and we are reemerging to reclaim our sense of connection with laughter in the shadows, levity during dark times, and finding life in hard to reach places.
with support by
Bindlestiff Studio
SOMA Pilipinas
MOHCD and Success Centers
mumu
MUMU (pronounced “mu-moh”, Tagalog for “ghost”) summons the forgotten spirit of candlelit gravesite griots, who held storytelling ceremonies on All Souls Day in the Philippines. MUMU brings these stories back to SOMA Pilipinas, the Filipino Cultural Heritage District of San Francisco. All Souls Day in our history is not a day of mourning; in the homeland, it is a day to gather, remember, and celebrate. We invite you to commune with our ghosts at MUMU.