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Artist: Leni Diehr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The hairbrush is an unassuming object. It lies in the bathroom, in a bag, on the dresser\u2014an everyday item, almost overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than just a knot forms in the hair. The brush can comb out knots and thus untangle them. In the end, loose hairs remain in the brush. The hairbrush\u2014an object that can touch, organize, confuse, remind, loosen, and strengthen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hair holds on, grows with us, changes\u2014and is thus an incredibly personal repository of experiences. That\u2019s why I designed small doilies and embroidered them with shiny beads to give the hairbrush a place\u2014a resting place, a place of appreciation. It no longer lies around haphazardly in the bathroom but gets its own spot where its power is no longer dormant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A hairbrush is an unassuming object. It sits in the bathroom, in your bag, on the dresser\u2014an everyday item that\u2019s almost easy to overlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[92,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12542","eventkrake_event","type-eventkrake_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-92","category-fineart","eventkrake-accessibility-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventkrake_event\/12542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventkrake_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventkrake_event"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neustadt-art-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Time settles in, days become tangled, thoughts get caught.
Conflicts and confusion are tightly knotted in one\u2019s own hair.
Hair holds memories\u2014both good and bad.
Every knot tells a story of tension, closeness, or memories.
The hairbrush combs through these traces, but with determination; it can untangle or entangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The brush can sense the resistance and decide to fight against it.
The brush can avoid tangles or stop trying to untangle them.
The brush can intensify tension.
The brush can create a problem all its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remnants of what once was.
Not lost, but collected.
The hairbrush thus becomes an archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brushing hair is often seen as a necessary and nurturing activity and is associated with things like cleanliness and order.
But what if the hairbrush is understood not merely as a means to an end, but as a tool?
A tool just for oneself that represents a connection to one\u2019s memories.
A tool that represents the body\u2014or rather, the hair\u2014not as an object but as a repository or archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n