CHINGSUM JESSYE LUK
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Loss series, 2018 - ongoing
According to Wikipedia, an average East Asian female has about 89,000 strands of hair on her scalp.
Since 1st March 2018, I have been collecting the hair I lose each day, and measuring the length of each strand. The collection is considered finished when I have collected 89,000 strands of my hair.
some things i did/am doing
_knowledge
_WOZ series
_reklame
_Loss
_abandoned growth
_souvenir
_envelope series
_Receipts
_a million holes
_a million zeros
_one manifestation of a 4H pencil
_EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
_proposal for a neon piece
_occupational therapy I
_occupational therapy II
_matches
_WeepWreath
_maquillage
_Shadows
_confinement
_kaiserwetter
_cycle of seasons
_central
_childhood amnesia
Loss (1 km / 2,601 strands / 01.03 - 11.05.2018), 2018 - 2019
Hair, glass and brass vitrine, 21 x 21 x 10 cm
India ink on paper, 70 x 132 cm
For each strand lost hair, a straight line of the same length was drawn on paper.
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Loss (1 year / 16,671 strands / 612,867 cm), 2018 - 2019
Collected from 12.05.2018 - 11.05.2019
Hair, acrylic glass and wood vitirine, 30 x 30 x 9 cm
12 india ink drawings on paper, 70 x 50 cm each
Photo by Zoe Tempest
For each strand lost hair, a straight line of the same length was drawn on paper.
Each drawing represents my hair loss of one month.
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Loss (10,000 strands / 12.05 - 30.11.2019 / 295,513 cm), 2019
Hair 14 ø x 7 cm in Bell jar, ø 29 x h 40 cm
Cotton threads on Aida cloth, 62.5 x 68 cm, Metal rod 1 ø x 74 cm
A hand-sewn frequency histogram of loss hairs' lengths.
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Loss (End of a decade - December 2019 / 1,367 strands / 46,013 cm), 2020
Hair in glass jar with lid, ø 7.5 x 7.5 cm
India ink on paper, 50 x 50 cm
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Loss (Beginning of a decade- January 2020 / 1,315 strands / 44,824 cm), 2020
Hair in glass jar with lid, ø 7.5 x 7.5 cm
India ink on paper, 50 x 50 cm
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Loss (Paris, 03.02 - 26.07.2020 / 8,638 strands / 308,296 cm), 2020
Hair on pillow case, pillow, 41 x 49 x 9 cm
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Loss (12 Spools / 15,408 strands / 631,132 cm), 2020 - 2021
Hair on used thread spools, needles, wood, 15 x 29 x 7.5 cm
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Loss (1 percent / 890 strands / 37,451 cm), 2021
Loss (1 percent / 890 strands / 38,784 cm), 2021
Loss (1 percent / 890 strands / 38,435 cm), 2021
Woven hair, ø 10 x 0.2 cm
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Loss (10% / 8,900 strands / 330,962 cm), 2022
Woven hair, 36 x 40 x 0.2 cm
