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'PERSONAS 111’ The Art of Wig Making 2017-2020
The second book by Tomihiro Kono about the Art of Wig Making
The 4th print now available!
Book Specifications:
Title: PERSONAS 111 - The Art of Wig Making 2017-2020
Author: Tomihiro Kono
Page: 176p + 4p cover | Full color / English
Size: 148mm x 210mm
Photographer: Sayaka Maruyama
Design & Publisher : konomad editions
The thrill of transformation is universal—never more so than now, as the longstanding barriers around gender soften. But so is the reluctance to change. In that way, the book functions like a handheld companion to Kono’s real-life installations, where visitors can try on his hand-knotted wigs and catch a frisson of an alter-ego. If the chameleonic nature of Personas has a gravitational pull—each otherworldly photo anchoring us to the page—its spirit of wild possibility sparks a new lightness of being.
- Laura Regensdorf Beauty Director, Vanity Fair & Contributing Editor, Vogue
In Latin times a persona was a mask; today our digital masks have turned into persons that amplify our individual digital essence, letting our fake and intangible identities take over. Tomihiro Kono's wigs are a reaction to our digital society and a way to reclaim our physicality: with his creations the artist and designer invites us indeed to go over a physical, rather than digital, transformation. A wig by Tomihiro Kono is therefore a “mask-thrix” – a mask for the hair (“thrix” meaning “hair” in Greek), a symbol of an existential drama and the possibility of taking up not just one role, but multiple ones. By wearing a wig by Tomihiro Kono you can be anything and anyone but yourself. The promise is alluring. Enter the Mask-Thrix.
- Anna Battista
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