A few years ago I had a little side project of taking photos in bathrooms around the world.
It was an experiment, trying to make spaces that are often very functional more interesting and curious.
When I see a toilet that has character, it immediately fills me with appreciation and shows actual care by the owners to the vibe.
Anyone can make a space look nice, making a toilet look and feel nice takes real care.
If you want to check out some old examples check out #surprisemeintoilet
Tldr: I created an art installation!
Longer DR: it was all about giving people a way to get out of the space they currently occupy and connect with the lives of random people.
I've been coming to the spanish burn for the last 8 years (sans covid) and am always in love and awe with the work people put into creating experiences for others. I try and run a few fun workshops every time but was always planning to make something thats around for the entire event... And after 3 years of procrastinating it was created, transported and buried in the ground for people to experience.
The feedback from people has been wonderful and I honedtly couldn't be happier with the reaponses I've been getting.
Im also incredibly greateful to @pichaelh who supported the building, brainatorming and setting of the door. And pushed me to finally get it done. You're a great and talented friend.
To the art support team at @going_nowhere_burn for being beyond helpful and sharing your thoughts and augers.
And also my entire camp (last image) for being supportive and helping me being it to life and being a warm cuddly home in the desert.
And! To @batch.space space who provided the space to make this happen, an amazing place in hackney to support your creative projects!
And a shout out to @everywhere.wow , conceived by a great friend as a way to bring more of the creativity and community the burn provides to everywhere in the world where good people are. ❤️🤩🎁
Lets make more things together. Make art, make connections, make a difference.
You have been a pillar of our family.
No matter what happened, you always put family first.
Thank you for raising us and for giving me some of your gifts.
Looking at myself now, I understand how much of who I am is thanks to you and the house I grew up in. I owe much of my curiosity, belief in my abilities and energy to you.
You were the most honest of hustlers, always working hard but never at the expense of anyone else. Growing up with no money in a corrupt soviet union to an underprivileged class, choosing to move to a country whose language you don't speak and working 3 jobs in our first years in Israel to make sure we live a better life in a new country.
We used to swim with the pool cleaning robot in the pool you were guarding at nights, after working as a care giver and a mover during the day, all that while holding a masters in mechanical engineering and working for years as factory innovation manager. Nothing was beneath you in your pursuit of our happiness.
Your thirst for knowledge was unmatched. I believe we are lucky to live in the age of the e-reader. Our home would not survive the amount of books you read should they all have to be printed. No matter how sturdy the shelves you built were.
Travel was important to you, laughter was important to you, art was important to you, and you got to experience them all and I was privileged to experience some of it with you.
I'm going to miss winding each other up by saying a single sentence we know is going to piss the other one off and start a long debate about morality and history where I often found myself wrong, reminding me, I don't actually know everything and that morality and truth are not always aligned.
You were easy to convince to participate in stupid shit I would come up with, often things that made no sense to you but you knew it would make me happy.
Last couple of years have been tough for you. Stage 4 Cancer and treatment chipped away at the man we grew up with. I want to believe you had enough and chose to finally rest.
I will miss you. As will everyone else who really knew you.
Thank you for who you were and for who I am.
