Hairkunft

In the organizer's words:

Invited to this year's Impulse Festival

Hendrik Quast's hair has left him. Just when the class changer is longing for a combable head of hair to play new roles in the art world. The aim here is to secure his middle-class status with a clear hairline! A full mane, as he learned from Simba in "The Lion King", symbolizes status and class. Hendrik Quast undergoes a hair transplant. This phase of his hair story is bloody, painful, expensive and risky: a long-term performance with his own hair - no artificial hair! Will his worker roots survive this transplant? Can hereditary hair loss be treated in this way? What happens when the chronically ill body rejects the new hair? Hendrik Quast transforms the management of his head into a whimsical hair origin performance. With elements of stand-up comedy, musical, body art and crowdwork as well as close-ups, he illuminates the contradictory experiences he has had on his queer and shameful class trip. And unveils the ghostly existence of a class changer caught between the future of home and the future of hair. An evening in which Hendrik Quast questions the price of moving up, redistributes its costs and owes nothing to anyone. Hendrik Quast was last a guest at the Mousonturm in 2022 with the solo show "Spill Your Guts". His work is characterized by a delightful preference for topics at the boundaries of social taboos, idiosyncratic comedy, meticulous research, precision and performative consistency. "Hairkunft" is another project in the field of disability arts that also deals with classism and the politics of representation as well as the possibilities and opportunities of stage arts as a medium.

Price information:

Solidary price system (freely selectable): 8 € / 12 € / 21 € / 36 €