Author: hholmes

I’ve been testing a few things out in the bathroom studio. These are the things that were on my To Do list – but I’m not in love with them. I’ve needed to make them to to make space for the next layer of thought.

To Do list

• A line that marks where my vagina is in the shower
• Soap covered shower screen, with finger and hand markings
• A foggy, vaseline reflection of my body
• A soap covered mirror. To wash your hands, use the mirror

I’m limited to the materials I have at hand and cannot accumulate any materials that cannot travel on a plane. Everything must be temporary as my accommodation is temporary. These were made with Crayola bath soaps, crayons and paint.

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.

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