The Haircut Speaks Poster
Design and photography: Sandy Karman
2013, 100X70 cm
Why I Call Myself a Socialist:
Is the World Really a Stage?
The Haircut Speaks
IT’S ALL BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY DO BELIEVE WHAT VISUAL CUES SAY. A HAIRCUT DRAMATICALLY CHANGES HOW WE SEE A PERSON. A HAIRCUT CAN SAY “I’M INTELLIGENT, DISCIPLINED, PRECISE, AND DYNAMIC, ”A DIFFERENT HAIRCUT CAN SAY, “I’M NOT VERY BRIGHT, I’M SORT OF A SLOB, I DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME, I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OF ME.” THERE ARE HAIRCUTS THAT CAN SAY, “I FIND SEX AN INTERESTING SUBJECT, I’M INTERESTED IN HOW I LOOK, I’M RATHER FUN, AND I THINK LIFE IS GREAT,” AND THERE ARE HAIRCUTS THAT SAY, “I’M NOT INTERESTED IN SEX, AND I THINK LIFE IS AWFUL.”
Based on the writing of Wallace Shawn in the collection of Essays featuring “Why I Call Myself A Socialist”
I decided to make a little poster out of that funny writing.