If i wasn’t already busy wearing this superb freckleproof cape day in day out, i’d certainly want to test Karin van Dam‘s hairdryer (image on the left) when i’m in Amsterdam for Picnic at the end of the month.

Her installations, drawings and photos are exhibited until Oct.7, 2006 at the Wetering Galerie, in Amsterdam.

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Worth the pampering trip as well: Ã?ngeles Oliva and Toña Medina’s Dolor Intenso, an installation that uses hairdryers-MP3 players to explore the relationship of repression, admiration, devotion and identification that exists between an idol and his/her fan.

The KaskPam, Import/export Marseille (image on the right), by Lydwine Van der Hulst, offers visitors an acquastic submersion in the sounds of Marseilles. Put your head inside the hairdryer and listen to an audio stream transmitted in real time from the sea wall at the Port of Marseilles (Port Autonome de Marseille, or PAM in French). Musical interludes interrupt the stream of sound with concerts and other compositions imported/exported from Marseilles.