In this unpublished excerpt from the interview with Elaine Frantz Parsons, author of the book Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction and a true inspiring voice in the “ Wild Carnival” section, the academic clarifies the similarities and differences between the first Ku Klux Klan and other organisations such as the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.Įxcerpt from the interview with Elaine Frantz Parsons (2021) The Ku Klux Klan emerged in a context that could connect it both with groups of vigilantes trying to impose their own law on a chaotic land (another leitmotif of the exhibition is the connection of this idea of the superhero’s identity and ambiguity) and with a world of fraternities that were governed by their own codes and were an essential part of social life throughout the 19th century. One of them is about secret societies and their close relatives: fraternities and discreet (and not necessarily secret) circles that are sometimes vulnerable to slander or black legend. There are many underground currents in The Mask Never Lies that connect some of the various areas of the exhibition. Returning to the Cabaret Voltaire, 40 years laterĪ dark brotherhood The connections between the Ku Klux Klan and other fraternities.The immortality of the man of a thousand faces.In short, a show of polymorphic and mutant varieties, worthy of a cabaret as spectral as the Voltaire, the cradle of Dadaism.Ī text by Jordi Costa, co-curator of the exhibition. Therefore, let us think of this text as the extra content menu in one of those DVDs that today have unfortunately become obsolete: excerpts from interviews that were cut, but that shed light on details and sub-topics that could never have appeared in The Mask Never Lies: The Making Of, some artistic productions made especially for the show, jewellery that did not fit in the final space, references and memories throbbing behind some of the presences of the exhibition. It is also the final image resulting from an intricate selection and decision-making process that often means that some things found along the way do not make it into the final assembly.
In this “Inside the Exhibition”, we wanted to remove the mask from our exhibition project and focus on some aspects, themes and details that visitors will not find while walking through the physical space of the exhibition.Īny exhibition that is open to the public is essentially a mask that hides the scars of a long process of collective work.
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