Haircuts by Children occured in Portland under the dirction of Darren O'Donnell during the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art festival in collaboration with Ms.Rosineau's grade 6 class at Glenfair Elementary School. The production was managed by Carlee Smith.

Digital Ink from Portland:
Blog entry in the Willamette Weekly, Portland's weekly entertainment thing.
Blog entry in the Portland Mercury, Portland's other weekly entertainment thing.
Blog entry on the PICA website.
Blog entry on the Oregonian website.
Blog entry on Ultra PDX a Portland website about fashion, design and culture. In that order.

Haircuts by Children invites the consideration of children as creative and competent individuals whose aesthetic choices can be trusted. The idea that kids should be allowed to cut our hair evokes the same leap of faith, courage and understanding required to grant children deeper citizenship rights. For many it is actually less terrifying to contemplate allowing kids to vote!

In the future, every child will be given a pair of scissors and invited to shape our destinies. In the future, every child will be granted full citizenship rights; encouraged to vote, run for office and drive streetcars. In the future, children will teach and adults will learn; a playground will be built on every battlefield; and candy will be free. In the future, children will be powerful creatures able to cross the street without looking both ways, and hold their breath underwater forever and ever and ever.

So, while Haircuts by Children is a performance for kids, it's actually for the benefit of who they will become; for the adults who have to deal with the consequences of eighteen years of political disenfranchisement. Haircuts by Children: a performance about the future.

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