00:00Honey, what a hairstyle!
00:02This is the name of this photographic exhibition that explores the relationship between hair,
00:07Afro-descendant beauty and identity.
00:12The exhibition is by Haitian artist Falon Piafoulis, who built the project from
00:16conversations in Parisian hair salons.
00:18Her starting point is that black women's hair is never just a matter
00:23of hair.
00:23It is also inscribed with rules, histories, and legacies.
00:28The exhibition focuses on hair salons catering to black communities, because there
00:32Conversations are taking place.
00:33Between the hands of those who work with hair and the stories that circulate, hairstyling can
00:38to become language and even a political act.
00:42Among the stories that run through the exhibition is that of Josefa Joufret, a pioneer of beauty
00:47black and the first woman to open a hair salon in Paris dedicated to hair care
00:51afro.
00:51The exhibition is located at the Alliance Française in Bogotá, downtown branch, and will be open
00:55open to the public until October 30th.
