AN IMAGINATION THAT ROAMED FAR AND WIDE - KANOKO TAMURA FOR KAMO HEAD

"Katsuya Kamo's headpieces seem almost like visualizations of the imaginary world that unfolds within the mind. To view them is to feel immediate mental release, perhaps because he opens the door to expansion that is so often closed in this inhospitable world. The paper and other plain materials he used make us realize that special things are not required for a person to change, while dressing up the human body in nonhuman animal parts―in bird feathers or in fur―prompts us to rethink how humans are connected to the activities of all living creatures in the world. His body of works, though simple in theme and without individual titles, embodied how it is expression rooted in the relationship with daily activity or with others that is the quintessence of creating, and that “noble and pure art” does not actually exist. (Here, I particularly refer to his hairstyling that entailed collaborations with fashion designers or his headpieces that worked in tandem with clothes."
- Kanoko Tamura for KAMO HEAD (2021) “An Imagination That Roamed Far and Wide”

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Katsuya Kamo is renowned for his collaboration with luxury brands, creating outstanding hair and headpieces. I like this particular work of his for covering the face dissimulating the eyes of the person wearing it, dehumanizing the wearer of the piece.

For the realization of my headpiece, I wanted to create a dehumanizing hood, to dissuade potential malicious people from following or staring at the owner of the headpiece to make the wearer more confident walking alone at night. It can be worn as a hood or pushing it to even more dehumanizing, as a face mask.

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