No bad hair day for these birds: photos by Rene Mesman

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By Joyce de Gruiter in New Photography on Thursday 18 April 2013

Rene Mesman is a photographer based in Amsterdam with a perfect eye for detail. Besides interiors, advertisements, and a intriguing series of people in Kosovo, he also creates still life and a series of still life pictures with taxidermy. He gives birds a perfect hairdo and thereby a human appearance. Or is it, in fact, [...]

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Big Hair: a short film by Alex Reuben

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By Imogen Reekie in New Film on Wednesday 3 April 2013

Alex Reuben’s focus is always predominately sound. But having worked alongside Reuben, his enthusiasm for the moving image is infectious. Big Hair is a performance piece where spoken word, space and colour are explored. Two special agent supermodels are trapped in the virtuous reality of a shampoo commercial. Philosophy may be their only escape. Big [...]

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Afro Lion: funky fresh lion manes

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By Cyrus Daruwala in New Art on Friday 29 March 2013

What’s the mane feature of a lion? This wacky art project has the king of the jungle styled like a rock star. We think ‘Afro Lion’, by the Japanese artist Mountstar is definitely going to be the look for the runways of the savanna this spring.

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The evolution of Nicolas Cage’s hair

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Tuesday 4 December 2012

Harry Hanrahan, the same guy who was responsible for the infamous video of Nicolas Cage losing his shit, also compiled a montage of Cage’s cinematic hairstyles over the span of his film career as it evolves to mythical proportions. Of course, only an increasingly frenetic tune such as Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the [...]

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Leonard Mattis Studio: a boutique hair salon in Sydney

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By Cormack O'Connor in Cool Travel on Friday 5 October 2012

It’s not everyday you can have your hair styled and swooned over in an intimate and inspiring space by a stylist with a nation-wide reputation. Leonard Mattis has created such a space in Sydey’s Surry Hills, where art, clean white lines, mirrors and a chic 70′s retro feel combine to offer the pinnacle of styling experiences.

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VIDEO: Guys headbanging to paint a room

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Friday 20 April 2012

Check out this wild video in which three headbangers get hands-on (or is it hair-on?) to paint a room badly in two steps: dip and whip. Spoiler: it gets messy. Very messy.

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