Component of performances in Chicago, Victoria, and Bielsko-Biala, Poland.
I would grow various styles of facial hair, including mutton chops, mustaches, and beards (full, Shia, and Sunni). During a culmination of these performances, I would saturate the facial hair with latex and cut it off in one whole piece, adhering it to a surface or reliquary, often as a fleeting signifier of maleness or masculinity. The title herm (or herme) is derived from a type of sculpture originating in ancient Greece and later adopted by Romans, typically consisting of a square or rectangular stone pillar topped with a bust of a head, often of the god Hermes (hence the name), and usually featuring male genitalia carved in relief on the front of the column. I use facial hair in place of these male genitalia and stainless steel in place of stone, bronze or wood.

Performance art relic, human hair and stainless steel