Alejandra Baltazares & Philip Metz
Human hair collected from South African Barber Shops
distributed in a 3m diameter circle
During their residency at Greatmore Studios (Cape Town, South Africa), Alejandra and Philip found a correlation of interest in the body, the way it looks and the stereotypes imposed on, or voluntarily followed by individuals.
Both have worked in some way with hair: “Hair is undoubtedly one of the strongest and most symbolic elements on the human body. Hair expresses the role or status of a person in society, whether it be sickness, old age, youth, beauty or ugliness. In spite of this, it is also easy and constantly discarded”-refers Baltazares about the work.
Hair & Politics is a collaborative project between the artists, in which, through the simple process of cleaning discarded hair collected from Barber Shops in South African Townships, seeks to give it a new value.
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