Communities across the country are loving this pop-up selfie museum — now in Los Angeles — uplifting Black hair.
, a visual artist from Kansas City, Mo. The two crafted the exhibit by drawing from familiar and cherished hair experiences from their own lives, broader community and the pop culture canon.
album and Wizkid and Tem’s hit song “Essence” flowed through the space as visitors captured moments in installations: laughter in the 360 photo booth, an encouraging “yesss, girl!” as a friend group took turns posing in a set plastered with the women of Black Hollywood fronting magazine covers, a woman taking pics in a living room installation with framed sitcom families and excitedly noticing the OG Aunt Viv in the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” photo.
“I’ve been here since before the Target on Rodeo, when it used to be a Fedco. Baldwin Hills area is my roots so I was like, I’ve gotta be a part of this,” said Farrin Bailey, a Baldwin Hills native and Black Hair Experience team member who grew up immersed in Black hair culture, thanks to her mother, who worked as a hair stylist.
Elizabeth Austin-Davis, left, and Alisha Brooks are the creators of the Black Hair Experience pop-up museum.
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