SIX-CUT

バコロドのセントラルマーケットに、６つの散髪店が並んで店を構えている場所がある。この６つのすべてのお店に連続で入って、髪を切ってもらった。バコロドに2ヵ月滞在して中途半端に伸びていたトモトシの髪は、各散髪屋で徐々に短くなり、最後にはスキンヘッドになった。フィリピン滞在中に制作した他の作品と同様に、過去にフィリピンを侵略した経験のある日本人が、この地に滞在することの意味を考えながら実践した。

In Bacolod’s Central Market, six barbershops stand side by side. Tomotosi visited each one in succession, getting a haircut at every stop. Over the course of his two-month stay in Bacolod, his hair had grown out, only to be gradually shortened at each shop until he was finally shaved bald. Like his other works created in the Philippines, this performance was a reflection on his presence in a land once invaded by the Japanese.

Barber: Abbet Librando (Kane’s Barbershop), Alberto Villarmia (Ilsan Barbershop), Daniel Villaruz (Palace Barbershop), Ronnie Osayan (Goldiluck Beauty Parlor Shop & Barbershop), Melvin Perez (Carla’s Barbershop), Rowell Villarma (Lucia’s Beauty Lounge)
Camera: Hernan Baldevia, Aldwin Juson, Wilbur Benitez
Special Thanks: Orange Project, The Japan Foundation Manila, TRA-TRAVEL

^{*Still from a color video. Courtesy of the Artist. Camera: Hernan Baldevia, Aldwin Juson, Wilbur Benitez}




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