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Let's Blush on 127 Prince

[photo: Darren O’Donnell]

I have a new essay, “Let’s Blush” up on 127 Prince (a journal on the art of social practice and the social practice of art, named after the location of artist Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1971 restaurant FOOD).

Here’s how it starts:

I was already in a hurry when I found the tiny doorway of the “Hair 2 Stay” salon at the edge of Chinatown. I didn’t need a haircut, I didn’t have an appointment; I only wanted to take a peek at Darren O’Donnell’s latest piece, “Haircuts by Children.” But as soon as I arrived it was clear there was no way to just watch, to be a member of the audience. There was no audience. It was a tiny corridor of a salon with an even smaller waiting area and I felt ridiculous hovering in the doorway. Darren came up and asked if I was getting my hair done. When it turned out one of the kids would be free in a few minutes it suddenly seemed I had no choice but to say, “Sure.”

Read on, friends! I’d love to know what you think (127 Prince has a comments section, so please do write back).

[ Full essay here ]