April
06
/ 2023
With its highly-stylized moustache, the so-called Anonymous mask has featured in multiple protests across the globe. Described by the Fair Observer as “a staple of anti-authoritarian activist iconography,” the mask has been present at events in Moscow, London and Egypt’s Tahrir Square. It was even coopted by the far-right on January 6th, 2021, when Donald Trump supporters tried to storm Capitol Hill in Washington. But its roots actually go back to 1606 AD. But who does it actually represent? Inspired by the story of Guy Fawkes, this mask entered public consciousness thanks to the 1980s British comic series V for Vendetta, illustrated by David Lloyd, which tells the story of an anarchist character who, wearing a mask to hide his
