GORGADES
In this piece, Stewart covers her entire body in dark, artificial hair purchased from a beauty supply store near her apartment in Brooklyn. While clothed in her dress of hair, Stewart performs normal tasks like braiding, tying, and combing her hair, and complete actions like sweeping the floor. Her performance, paired with audio taken from instructional etiquette tapes on hygiene, pokes fun at society’s anxious surveillance of body hair in the name of “cleanliness”, beauty, and femininity.