THOMAS HIRSCHHORN - IT'S BURNING EVERYWHERE

Visited the Swiss artist's show at the DCA. No holding back here. No cool, calm and collected collection of artefacts here. Nope. A claustrophobic, calamitous assault on the eyeballs. Booyakasha! 

The transcript of his interview with the DCA was great reading. Refusing to acknowledge the existence of 'shocking imagery' in his work, talking of art as a tool to confront reality, a tool to live within the time he is living. " I must work with what surrounds me, with what I know and with what affects me. I must not give in to the temptation of the particular - which always excludes." Go on yersel, big man! And a nice doodle explaining the 'Spectre of Evaluation', too!

Which brings me to the realities Nori Salon on Wednesdays, and all the fun of the The Nine Trades Project with our growing catalogue of Disco Injuries. Paula offered a unique angle on the concept of dancefloor dangers. Her incident happened before she even left the house to go out! After going through the usual routine of fashion crises, hair problems and what not to take in the handbag, Paula only had to apply the false eyelashes and she was offski.(see above) Only one problem. Turns out she's totally allergic to said spidery attachments. And rather than having peepers like Beyonce, her eyes look like Larry Holmes after his tussle with Mike Tyson. Nightmare. Pass the piriton, please. 

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

For 'Comment of the Week' I opted for a 'rockstars with bonkers hair' theme. Who could forget Keith Flint of the Prodigy in the 'Firestarter' video. I always thought it looked a bit like that dude Mike Score's barnet from Flock of Seagulls, only with the bit in the middle missing. Not good. Crazy bloody twisted firestarter that he is. To his credit, he's still commanding main stage at the zillions of summer music  festivals we are swamped with.

DISCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS AT NORI SALON