(Event) Haircuts As Performance Art
Working with two big (but perhaps unlikely paired) summer pastimes, Actual Size LA will present a performance of buzz cuts and Popsicle eating. Part social art and part process work, the viewer’s hair will become the material base for a sculptural work. The project has the potential to lead to a meditation on human waste; however, the act of cutting people’s hair builds on a set of power relations that allow artist and audience to forge a more intimate relationship as he/she manipulates the image of the viewer.
In addition to free buzz cuts, filmmaker Josh Lee will sell uniquely flavored Popsicles to onlookers”.
The project is part of LA’s Performance! Now! Festival curated by Human Resources throughout the Chinatown area of LA. Hair Cuts and Popsicles will be held on July 31st. The Performance! Now! Festival runs July 29th-31st.
[via: ANP Quarterly]
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| TOPICS: | Arts & Culture |
| TAGS: | actual size la, buzzcuts, hair, hair cuts, josh lee, performance art, performance now, popsicles, rvcaa, salon, social art |
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