[OPEN] Horror Across Cultures

[bloodonthestones]

WHO: OPEN
WHERE: Nonah Museum of Modern Art
WHEN: From November 1st to November 16th.
WHAT: An open mingle log for a special exhibit consisting of masks from cultures across the world.
WARNINGS: None, will add if necessary.

[A hall at the Nonah Museum of Modern has been dedicated to an exhibit of masks from various cultures. There are dozens of them, hung on the walls and arranged in no particular order, each with a small placard indicating the culture of origin and the reason the artist included it in the exhibit, which is usually a lot of pretentious language that boils down to "ISN'T IT COOL YOU GUYS". They're all modern reproductions, and some very nice handiwork, but not exactly the most culturally sensitive thing you'll see this month. Please feel free to use your imagination, because there is absolutely NO cultural context given by the artist for any of these things.

What sorts of masks might you see? A few examples: Kabuki, Noh, Haida, Tlingit, Topeng, Samurai, Schandmaske, Fang, Bambara, and at least one based on a sugar skull. Pretty much any historical mask that looks strange and novel or "grotesque" to American eyes is fair game.]

[The Museum is open daily from 10am to 8pm. Admission is free for children 12 and under, and very affordable otherwise. You can put the time/date your character chooses to attend in your subjectline, or just leave it vague.]

Comments

[doneproperly]

Ah. America has not achieved independence, where I'm from. Though to be honest, our colonies over there are rather small and far between. For the most part it is still populated by its' indigenous population.

I've read much about this Cold War business. You're saying that in your timeline of events, it's essentially old news?

I had to read things for this tag and I'm lazy sorry it's late

[ex_question191]

Sorta. A lot of the world grew up during that time, but it ended like, fifteen years ago. Russia's nobody's fave country, but the U.S. is at war with the Middle East, and China is coming up as the dominant global power, so that's where most of the tension is.

hdu

[doneproperly]

... How strange.

[That seems to be all Mandrake's opinion on that matter-- if he has more thoughts, he's keeping them to himself. It is not his world, after all.

He moves on through the exhibit, looking at the next item, hands clasped behind his back. Then he finally says something again, but it's so soft it's almost as if he's only talking to himself.]

... It seems no matter what world people come from, someone is always at war with someone else.

[ex_question191]

That's the way governments work, man. War's good for the economy.

[ stiles shrugs a shoulder loosely like that's just the way it is. he moves forward to read the plaque with the details of the mask — kabuki, Japanese — and then pauses, casts a wry look back at mandrake. ]

But hey, I probably don't have to tell you that.

[ since he'd been in government back home, after all. ]

[doneproperly]

[Mandrake's usually neutral expression shifts to something resembling a frown.]

Hmmm. Perhaps. ... To a certain extent. Beyond that ...