Clothing the Pandemic

A Virtual Exhibition of COVID-19 Face Masks from Around the World

If you’re reading this you’re too close mask

“IF YOU’RE READING THIS YOU’RE TOO CLOSE” is a cautionary and charitable riff on the famous release by Toronto superstar, Drake who, unannounced, dropped his mixtape, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, 13 February 2015. It broke Spotify records with over 17.3 million streams in three days and sold over 495,000 copies in the first week. This tongue in cheek mask highlights the surprise of COVID-19 by playing on Drake's title, even imitating the casual lettering on the album cover, while urging social distancing.

Noble Authority, Canada

April 2020

Designed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Made in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Organic cotton, heat transfer print

Royal Ontario Museum 
2021.71.31

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