Why do we sometimes long for a colourful, sharply cut mohawk like a warrior, and sometimes curls like a princess? Do we do it to feel more like ourselves, or like someone else? We look at our own reflection and question: is it us, or our mirror masks created in our image?
During the summer holidays, Laura Fiľáková’s exhibition transformed Zaazrak|Dornych into a functional hair salon! On four different dates anybody could come to get their original summer hairstyle, with Laura Fiľáková and three guest hairdressers on special events, always accompanied by music programme and bar.
All events were beneficial and 50% of the hair salon earnings were used to support selected organizations or individuals including Resistance Support Club (medicals purchase for medics at Ukrainian battlefields), Kolektiv Papírenská (legal support for members of the recently evicted squat in Prague), Médecins Sans Frontières operating in Gaza so as our comrade and friend klorox whose dad died in a tragic accident this summer.
installation: Laura Fiľáková
concept: Laura Fiľáková, Šimon Kadlčák
hairdressers: Laura Fiľáková, Bára KRMNL, Aňa Volodymyrivna, Annynen
music performances: KōNcHi, klorox, Dj Dropper, greta spitfire, Lydia Brunch, Wojownik, WACLAV, dj euthanasia