The Washroom Wall at The Foundry

The Wasrhoom Projects at Whitechapel Gallery (The Wormhole Saloon II) (17 March 2006)
The Washroom Projects in the basement of The Foundry, London (13 - 18 September 2005)
The Washroom Projects at Hackney Empire, 23 & 24 July 2005
The Washhroom Collective on Hackney Town Hall Square (Spice Day), 17 July 2005
The Washroom Collective at Angel Station, London
(11 June 2005)
The Washroom Collective  at 291 Gallery, Being-In-Motion-Event (23 April 2005)
The Washroom Collective   at Paddington Station, London (10 April 2005)
The Washroom Collective at the Foundry, London (29 March 2005)
The Washroom Wall at the Foundry, London (29 March - 10 April 2005)
The Washroom Collective at Somasoma Magazine Party, London (21 March 05)
The Washroom Collective   at Paddington Station, London (12 March 2005)
The Washroom Collective at Kings Cross Station, London (26 Feb 2005)
The Washroom Collective at Liverpool Street Station, London (13 Feb 2005)
The Washroom Projects at Filthy MacNasty's, London (29 Jan 2005)

The Washroom Wall is part of The Washroom Projects TWP. It is a wall installation consisting of photos, drawings, fragments of paintings, texts, video stills, bits of posters, receipts etc. in zip lock bags attached onto the wall .

Since the beginning of February 2005 until end of March 2005 I was collecting images and texts from various people in order to incorporate them with my own into The Washroom Wall.

A washroom wall is part of an intimate space that allows you to leave your marks, your message to the public. It is a space which can be used as a personal forum where people communicate with each other in a very special way. The collection of all sorts of images and texts brings hundreds of languages, hundreds of opinions, hundreds of ideas to one piece of work: The Washroom Wall.

Storing art in zip lock bags is keeping it clean, untouchable and sterile. The observer cannot smell or touch the work. There is a fine but strong line between the art and the observer. There is no communication. It is the end of art and the beginning of commercialism and trendism. The Washroom Wall is my response to the current and rather superficial world in which we only live to cause problems to each other and escape into materialism and shopping.

Using the term washroom in the title of the installation also has a promotional aspect (promotion of TWP) which contradicts my message. It is the contraction that keeps us alive, that keeps us planning, working, going on holidays etc.

I think it is a very soft and honest approach. I am not trying to create something very new, contemporary. It is more about the joy of creating something, about action.

names of contributors:

Igor Baskin, Russia
Angela Ibanez, Spain
Frank Hueber, Switzerland
Carmen Gerstl, Mexico
Keith Bennett, UK
Owen Glyndwr Parry, UK
Eirini, Greece
Joanna Woodward, UK
Liselle Terret, UK
Christiant Morales, Mexico