Man Haircut (pg 11-12)

Man Haircut was a performance I did where, in wanting to get the full experience of a barbershop, I set up an appointment and asked a barber to give me a “man haircut” with no further details or instructions. This would mean that the barber wo

Man Haircut was a performance I did where, in wanting to get the full

experience of a barbershop, I set up an appointment and asked a

barber to give me a “man haircut” with no further details or

instructions. This would mean that the barber would have to define

“man” and “man haircut” – the results being on my head. He ended

up giving me his own haircut. This means he marked my appearance

with his own specific version of maleness that I could then own and

alter myself. This is the storybook version of that performance.

Artwork Info

Type of Work cut and paste storybook
Medium paper, markers, rubber cement
Dimensions 11 X 7 full page sketch book
Subject Matter drawings of live performance documentation

Artist Info

Katelyn Piatt

Graduate Student
Joined: November 18, 2011

Rights: All Rights Reserved

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Katelyn Piatt MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2015