Plague Masks: Pestilence & Pointy Noses | Odd Salon EPIDEMIC 2/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2017-09-15

When the Black Death came to Europe it gave rise to bizarre and sometimes beautiful doctors' costumes, including the famous bird-like beak masks. Imbued with a combination of seemingly practical protection and wishful-thinking, the memory of the bird doctor was preserved long after the plague died away as part of the commedia dell'arte and in the masks of the Venetian Carnival.

Michael Brodhead ~ Plague Masks: Pestilence & Pointy Noses

Odd Salon EPIDEMIC: Tales of outbreaks & panic, death, plague doctors & the quest for cures.

Recorded live 9/5/2017 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Tre Balchowsky

Camera: John Adams
Edit/Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen, Roy
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