Ellis Faas is a makeup artist/photographer/film maker, who was commissioned to make a piece inspired by traditional masks from Ivroy Coast. In this short film we see a series of different makeup looks using various different materials, from wool to jewels to stockings over the head to just makeup. There were some looks that for me really stood out, for example to the girl who had her whole face covered in different coloured wool, I thought was really clever but you could still see her features and the wool was made to look like her face, like pink rosy cheeks and red lips, in the video you see her cover her face in black wool, this to me represents the whole idea behind the piece as Faas says about her work "Since ancient times, humans have been using masks - in order to express power and authority; to feel self-confident; to stand out or to hide behind; to not be recognised and disappear into the masses."
Watch the video here!
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