I’m currently living in temporary accommodation whilst I await study permit processing. The bathroom of this accommodation has become a stand in for my studio. It has a tiled ceiling.
I have always been in love with the idea of making work only to be viewed in bathrooms. It is a place where we can be most free; here our bodies freely perform necessary biological actions and it is in this location that we are free to touch, examine and monitor every detail of our bodies.
Some things to consider:
- Privacy (bathroom privilege – who has one?)
- The Western bathroom. Research.
- Other locations for complete body freedom? The ocean? Alternates to (Western) bathrooms.
- What are the actions that are performed in a bathroom?
- Design. Desire. Fetish.
- Commodifying of essential bodily functions and needs.
(Sensitive content warning) An article about Trough Man