Green Hair at the 9/11 Site
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
- Thomas Jefferson
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
- Theodore Roosevelt
I got those two quotes from an art exhibit in downtown Manhattan that I saw after visiting the 9/11 site with two friends. The exhibit, "A Knock at the Door," was on view at the South Street Seaport Museum from September 8th to October 1st, 2005, and was organized by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. It showed some artists' reactions to the post-9/11 world. It included a pile of rubbish left behind after the terrorist taskforce harassed an artist for several weeks for working with biological material (a large pile mostly of pizza boxes and gatorade bottles). But my favorite was a straight jacket made from an American flag called "The (Un)Patriot Act."
It was a welcome change of perspective after I got one very nasty look from a woman at the 9/11 site, which I can only attibute to my green hair. As if my hair somehow dishonored the tragedy. But in reality, my defiant hair color honors freedom. When I read about oppressive
cultures, it make me appreciate the freedom I have here even more, including the freedom to adopt a totally unnatural hair color.
Here's a photo of me and my friend Brecht at the 9/11 site, photo by Eric Pivnik, my friend who suggested visiting this site in the first place.
Now does that look threatening to you?
- Claudia
www.claudiam.com
- Thomas Jefferson
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
- Theodore Roosevelt
I got those two quotes from an art exhibit in downtown Manhattan that I saw after visiting the 9/11 site with two friends. The exhibit, "A Knock at the Door," was on view at the South Street Seaport Museum from September 8th to October 1st, 2005, and was organized by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. It showed some artists' reactions to the post-9/11 world. It included a pile of rubbish left behind after the terrorist taskforce harassed an artist for several weeks for working with biological material (a large pile mostly of pizza boxes and gatorade bottles). But my favorite was a straight jacket made from an American flag called "The (Un)Patriot Act."
It was a welcome change of perspective after I got one very nasty look from a woman at the 9/11 site, which I can only attibute to my green hair. As if my hair somehow dishonored the tragedy. But in reality, my defiant hair color honors freedom. When I read about oppressive
cultures, it make me appreciate the freedom I have here even more, including the freedom to adopt a totally unnatural hair color.Here's a photo of me and my friend Brecht at the 9/11 site, photo by Eric Pivnik, my friend who suggested visiting this site in the first place.
Now does that look threatening to you?
- Claudia
www.claudiam.com
posted by ClaudiaM at 12:12 AM
1 Comments:
Better green than grey I suppose (as my hair color is want to do). Difficult to be too shocked by green hair having thrived through the "Punk / Thrash" days of the lower east side of NYC when blue mohawks and spiked holocost cuts were all the rage.
I can not imagine what harm or disrespect your green hair could do to the memory of the honored victims of 9/11.
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