I have a new haircut. All thanks to arts. Hair was cut whilst dry. And i thought I was going to wear the hat afterwards till early summer – but actually it is a pretty awesome haircut. Have a look yourself. I paid for it in words. I talked at Richard, artist/hairdresser while he was trying to tame my locks.
Time in hairdresser’s chair is an important one for me- it is is not simply ‘make me look better’ time. To me the haircut is as important as conversation that goes with it. I go to have my hair sorted when i am down, when i am in the need of change, gossip, coffee, looking into mirror and pulling faces at myself. I enjoyed myself, i talked a lot.
Haircut is a social interaction built on trust. I arrived earlier to see if artists/hairdressers knew what they were doing or if the haircutting was an experiment involving radicalism in form i was not prepared for. As I was leaving the chair both Richard and I nearly got a round of applause from people watching :) Has this ever happened to you before???
Richard – I will be back!
Interested? Visit:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/events/00000002870/
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The hair cut before the party have set up shop at Meanwhile Space Whitechapel for a long weekend of cuts, talk and talk about cuts.
In exchange for a free haircut they’re asking you to use that time to talk to them, sharing your social and political views and ideas about community and belonging in order to build a map of new political and social networks.
http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/
