Pinches Pelos

In “Pinches Pelos” the artist's hairs were engraved with words using a new nanotechnology technique known as "Focused Ion Beam" (FIB). Each engraved hair was photographed with an electron microscope and the resulting backlit transparency mounted on a metal frame. Each print is sold together with a test tube with the hair that is engraved with that unique text. The piece can be exhibited with the certificate from the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research.

In Mexican Spanish "Pinches Pelos" is translated somewhere between "Fucking Hairs" and "Damned Hairs". Although most of the words come from psychotherapy many have a more general meaning that is not autobiographical. Here is a list of the available words so far.


Dodger
Stockholm
Devaluado
Ouch!
Get real
Procedureless
Pissed
Charity sex
Pulmón
CHAHUISTLE
Mega
Freestyle
Bottleneck
more or less
overwhelmed
self-correctional
autocratic
wasted
tawdry moron
tanked
sí, amorcito
need to know basis
pity party
ammo
test in the head

General info

Year of creation:
2009

Devaluado

Technique:
Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate
Dimensions:
85 x 50 x 5 cm
Keywords:
Edition:
1 Edition

Dodger

Technique:
Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate
Dimensions:
85 x 50 x 5 cm
Keywords:
Edition:
1 Edition
Collectors:
private collector

Ouch

Technique:
Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate
Dimensions:
85 x 50 x 5 cm
Keywords:
Edition:
1 Edition

Stockholm

Technique:
Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate
Dimensions:
85 x 50 x 5 cm
Keywords:
Edition:
1 Edition
Collectors:
private collector

Exhibitions


Credits

  • Production: Colin Griffiths, Pierre Fournier, David Lemieux, Stephan Schulz, Glynis de Silveira, Natalie Bouchard, Julia H. Huang