Higher Hair by Hima Batavia
An intimate and immersive experience that invites you to contemplate and connect with the ancestral stories held in your hair.
Attended Summer 2022
Attended Summer 2022
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Creator, Producer, and Performer: Hima Batavia
Performer: Nikola Steer (Coco Framboise) Audio Creator: Jeremy Glenn Installation Creator: Mimosa Haque (StrangeLoveFlowers) Production Manager: Wilson Lin Video Producer: Ciaran Breen |
Photo by: Ciaran Breen
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Enter a super-natural spa that practices time as non-linear, wellness as care, community and reciprocity, beauty as becoming, hairstylists as healers, and hair as sacred technology of archival and antennae. While listening to a narrative audio journey, community cosmetic healers and performers Hima Batavia and Nikola Steer (Coco Framboise) invite you into an encounter of somatic activation using consensual hair play and tender presence, to hold space for a process of self-inquiry and multi-dimensional exploration.
Awards & Press
“A profoundly mystical experience. I feel so braided to the past, present and future.” - Audience Participant, Geary Art Crawl, 2021
"A much-needed resetting of the soul after several months away from home, community, and passions.” - Audience Participant, Geary Art Crawl, 2021
"A much-needed resetting of the soul after several months away from home, community, and passions.” - Audience Participant, Geary Art Crawl, 2021
Presentations
- Summerworks Festival: Toronto, ON 8-10 August
- Geary Art Crawl: Toronto, ON 2021
