The Wasrhoom Projects at Whitechapel Gallery (The Wormhole Saloon II) (17 March 2006)
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 Collective
Performance at Paddington Station, 10 April 2005
"Sleepless in Paddington"
Achara Kirk
Jacqueline Mathys
Jay Rechsteiner
Joanna Woodward
Liselle Terret
Michael Harland
Emma Mcguire
We met at Filthy McNastys at around 3 pm to have a chat about the performance. At around 4:45 we got on a bus heading towards Paddington Station. The overall atmosphere was somehow weird. People seemed to be tired, exhausted… they all seemed to be somewhere else, in another spiritual dimension. Anyway, we were all dressed up… we were wearing pyjamas. The performance was very subtle and there was no boom-bang-boom. However, there was one short security guard, A.K.A. The King of Paddington. He was eagerly looking for something dangerous, evil we were doing. But of course he could not find anything to actually stop us from performing because we were no danger to the public and… well, you can't really get arrested for wearing pyjamas. The only thing he could do and as a matter of deepest regret did was asking Jacqueline to stop filming. "Ah, come on! Why the f… are you causing so much trouble, King of Paddington?! Is that really necessary? Do you really need to do that? I am sure there are more important things in life than making a girl stop filming a group of people wearing pyjamas." Well, no wonder we all live in misery.
Anyway, we started to perform at 17:45 and ended the spectacle at 19:15. The beginning was hard. We had to explore the location and after around 45 minutes we moved to a different spot within Paddington Station were at last we became an interactive group... I could write a book about each little performance which I don't want because …I guess because I am just to lazy and I can't really be bothered. Here in brief: going up and down the escalator (for about 20 min), following a sushi in sushi bar, mistaking a window wall for a mirror, mirroring each other, reading a book, following a book???, calling people and trying to find a place to rest.
Anyway, if you would like to know more about each performer do not hesitate to contact them. And don't forget you are always welcome to join the performance or have a look at it on the spot.