Using the architecture of Hot Springs, Arkansas’ abandoned Mountainaire Hotel, artist Jessica Wohl created an installation that features a staircase covered in hair. We can reassure you that the locks are indeed synthetic, but the creepy feeling you’re experiencing right now while thinking about trying to climb the staircase is the real deal. Wohl’s love for the uncanny is evident, and the way she’s transformed this rotting architectural space into something sweet (you’ll see why once you get a glimpse of the girly hair barrettes past the break) and sinister is pretty great. Click through for more.
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl
Image credit: Jessica Wohl