Irina Danilova

QUADRENNIAL SHAVING PERFORMANCE / CUT IN TRIBECA

August 31, 2008
The Tank (at the Manhattan Children's Theater)
New York City


 
 


Since the Orange Revolution in Ukraine happened soon after the shaving in Kharkiv, there were requests to encourage political change by shaving the next time in the USA. The 2008 Shaving was performed in Tribeca organized by The Tank (at the Manhattan Children's Theater) in Irina's new home town, New York, 20 YEARS AFTER cutting the first braid in a communal apartment in Moscow with two children sleeping in the same room. Because this time it was performed in a theater setup, for the first time the performance included a screening of documentations from previous shavings. Live video was mixed in by Aleksandra Dementieva. Artist and performer LuLu Lolo was the braid maid. A member of the audience, artist Kelley Erickson, chosen by lottery together with the curator, Tatyana Tenenbaum, cut BRAID#6. Obama was elected president later that year.

Photo: Ignat Ayzenberg
Video: Yelena Lidsky, Hiram Levy