Bookshop Situation Series: Release of HAIR AND WAITING

Welcome to the release of HAIR AND WAITING, a collaborative publication by Erika Råberg and HAIR CLUB (Suzanne Gold, Kelly Lloyd, and Michal Lynn Shumate).

HAIR CLUB is an interdisciplinary, research-based art collective whose work dives into the topic of hair in culture. Co-founded in 2014, HAIR CLUB puts forth a socially engaged art historical practice which embraces the many associations of hair in culture – art, popular culture, religion, literature, history, politics, and more – as well as the material of hair itself as it finds its way into artists’ practices across the globe.

HAIR AND WAITING emerged from Erika Råberg’s invitation to think about hair itself as a time-based medium. The result is a zine which has been slipped into the pages of fashion magazines already sitting in the waiting rooms of hair salons in Stockholm, London, Rome, and Baltimore – cities where each of us is based. Their discovery is left to chance, as they will fall out of their hiding places when someone flips through a magazine.

The book release is part of HAIR CLUB’s residency at Nordiska Konstförbundet (NKF) in December, with all members attending in person. For information about other upcoming events, please visit: NKF, Kortfilmsdagen in collaboration with Filmform, and/or follow @occasional_gallery on Instagram.

This publication project was made possible with the support of the Curating Art program at Stockholm University.

HAIR CLUB: https://hairhairhair.club

Participants
Kelly Lloyd (US/UK) is a transdisciplinary artist and educator who focuses on issues of representation and knowledge production, and prioritizes public-facing collaborative research. www.k-lloyd.com

Suzanne Gold (US) is a writer and educator whose work chases the concept of queer hair and belonging across time and counter-cultural aesthetics. Her interdisciplinary work finds form across fiction, micro-poem, essay, and socially-engaged scholarship. www.suzannegold.com

Michal Lynn Shumate (US/IT) is a researcher and educator whose work is based in the visual culture of historicism and the domestic topography of Rome. Her interdisciplinary practice draws from the history and theory of interior architecture and the decorative arts.

Erika Råberg (US/SE) is a writer and artist working with both still and moving images to explore the subtle dynamics just below the surface of her surrounding environments. She also produces curatorial projects as Occasional Gallery. www.erikaraberg.com

The Bookshop Situation Series at Index is based on events to present books, magazines, records and other artistic formats. The bookshop situation is a way to test content, to share it, to distribute it, offering situations to be part of a community of experimental producers and users.