Interior Motives
Solo Show at Roman Susan Gallery (Sept 2022)
ArtForum “Must See” List
Interior Motives uses the hidden plumbing and objects of the domestic bathroom, to reveal the unfulfilled, restrained and hidden desires examined within.
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Exterior Corner View
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Curtain Steam
latex sheet, steel rail, curtain hanger, steel rings, shower drain, vinyl tube, diffuser, rose scented essential oil.
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Gallery View
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Trap
P-trap with union and plastic nut, pillar candle, rose essential oil
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Gallery View
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Carnal Restraint: His&Hers
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
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Carnal Restraint: His&Hers (Detail)
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Gallery Bathroom View
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High Pressure Relief
Cast silicone, stainless steel shower hose, shower mount, steel pipe, flange.
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Gallery View
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Quiet Fervour
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
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Thirst
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
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1224 W Loyola Candelabra
PVC pipe, elbow, sanitary tee, wye, flexible joint, chain, steel ring, threaded rod, pipe clamp, exhaust sleeve, pillar candles, rose essential oil.
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Solo Show at Roman Susan Gallery (Sept 2022)
ArtForum “Must See” List
Interior Motives uses the hidden plumbing and objects of the domestic bathroom, to reveal the unfulfilled, restrained and hidden desires examined within.
Exterior Corner View
Curtain Steam
latex sheet, steel rail, curtain hanger, steel rings, shower drain, vinyl tube, diffuser, rose scented essential oil.
Gallery View
Trap
P-trap with union and plastic nut, pillar candle, rose essential oil
Gallery View
Carnal Restraint: His&Hers
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
Carnal Restraint: His&Hers (Detail)
Gallery Bathroom View
High Pressure Relief
Cast silicone, stainless steel shower hose, shower mount, steel pipe, flange.
Gallery View
Quiet Fervour
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
Thirst
inkpress transparency film, aluminum flat bar, nut, bolt, threaded anchor, steel square rod.
1224 W Loyola Candelabra
PVC pipe, elbow, sanitary tee, wye, flexible joint, chain, steel ring, threaded rod, pipe clamp, exhaust sleeve, pillar candles, rose essential oil.
1224 W Loyola Candelabra (Detail)
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1224 W Loyola Candelabra (Detail)
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Chain Link
PVC pipe, steel chain, steel ring, flexible joint, pillar candles, rose essential oil.
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Exterior Street View
Gallery Text
Boudoir noun /büːd.wa/
“The boudoir first appeared in the early 1700’s as a term that referred to a distinctly female space. It had no specific program, but accommodated a variety of activities - reading, resting, bathing, dressing, intimate conversation, and, later during the libertine era, a place for clandestine meeting and sexual seduction.”
Troutman, Anne, “The Modernist boudoir and the erotics of space” in Negotiating Domesticity
While the excess of a space exclusively dedicated to reflection, intellectual advancement, bathing and sexual fantasy is uncommon in modern architecture - I would certainly welcome its revival - the locked bathroom space supplants itself as today’s boudoir. The most private of private space, its secluded spatial condition invites curious exploration, a close self examination of flattering/unflattering angles and a space of solitary relief.
Interior Motives uses the hidden plumbing and objects of the domestic bathroom, to reveal the unfulfilled, restrained and hidden desires examined within. The pipe infrastructure is ever present yet largely invisible but for its orifices: the drain of a sink, the slow drip of a faucet, the spray of a shower head. The cold, tiled surroundings of the bathroom acts as a most trusted witness, containing these intimate acts in its walls and flushing them away, never to be seen again.
In a single architectural structure, all plumbing culminates to a single point of exit. Our most intimate, solitary acts, both the sensual and grotesque, mix and combine together with those of our neighbors before being released into the expansive public infrastructure. As the lowermost unit, Roman Susan is the first and last node for 1224 W Loyola Ave’s intimate secretions, the neighbours’ remnants running through the gallery space. Interior Motives intercepts this flow, exposing the surrounding innermost thoughts before they are ejected into the public realm.
Photography by Useful Art Services
1224 W Loyola Candelabra (Detail)
Chain Link
PVC pipe, steel chain, steel ring, flexible joint, pillar candles, rose essential oil.
Exterior Street View
Gallery Text
Boudoir noun /büːd.wa/
“The boudoir first appeared in the early 1700’s as a term that referred to a distinctly female space. It had no specific program, but accommodated a variety of activities - reading, resting, bathing, dressing, intimate conversation, and, later during the libertine era, a place for clandestine meeting and sexual seduction.”
Troutman, Anne, “The Modernist boudoir and the erotics of space” in Negotiating Domesticity
While the excess of a space exclusively dedicated to reflection, intellectual advancement, bathing and sexual fantasy is uncommon in modern architecture - I would certainly welcome its revival - the locked bathroom space supplants itself as today’s boudoir. The most private of private space, its secluded spatial condition invites curious exploration, a close self examination of flattering/unflattering angles and a space of solitary relief.
Interior Motives uses the hidden plumbing and objects of the domestic bathroom, to reveal the unfulfilled, restrained and hidden desires examined within. The pipe infrastructure is ever present yet largely invisible but for its orifices: the drain of a sink, the slow drip of a faucet, the spray of a shower head. The cold, tiled surroundings of the bathroom acts as a most trusted witness, containing these intimate acts in its walls and flushing them away, never to be seen again.
In a single architectural structure, all plumbing culminates to a single point of exit. Our most intimate, solitary acts, both the sensual and grotesque, mix and combine together with those of our neighbors before being released into the expansive public infrastructure. As the lowermost unit, Roman Susan is the first and last node for 1224 W Loyola Ave’s intimate secretions, the neighbours’ remnants running through the gallery space. Interior Motives intercepts this flow, exposing the surrounding innermost thoughts before they are ejected into the public realm.
Photography by Useful Art Services