Ploy's documentation and post-analysis

The video captured the site circulation of the whole performance and also the real performance that took place on the 15th Feb 2013. There were the performance and the critique at the end.

"Guerrilla Welfare"

To me the erotic is unpredictable and can bring exciting or surprising moments to a gray day. After having an analysis about 4 installation artists, I was inspired by the work of the duo, Elmgreen and Dragset and Spencer Tunick because these three bring a lot of sense of humours and an abnormal representation with the normal medium.

First of all talking briefly about the style of the two, Elmgreen and Dragset’s work is an irony style by grabbing banal furniture to create their artwork. The furniture is very familiar in all people daily life, so you will be able to continue the story by yourself. Spencer Tunix is more using human body as an artwork itself. He attracted an attention from the audience by the living human sculpture. Those are the concept I inspired to create my own installation.

For the site, I pick the faculty third floor toilet because I want to make a mockery of the austerity of our faculty’s toilets. As usual, we use them everyday and we have to serve ourselves. There is no soap, tissue rolls provided and sometimes it unhygienic, I once saw a rat in the toilet as well. We all have been visiting the toilet. So I believe that we are all have different background and experience in the public toilet. Therefore the installation will start up the narrative and you all will end the story by yourself.

Therefore, my concept is to create a five star private club within the lacking facility an experience of the faculty toilet. There would be an attendant who serves you, scrubs your hands and massage. This would turn a part if a normal boring school life into exciting wonders, turning a gray day into the brighter day. So, my expectation is to surprise the visitors with an pleasurably unforeseen experience. The amazed look and different reactions from each individual will make the atmosphere even more alive!

The title is “Guerrilla Welfare” is to mock the word “Guerrilla warfare”.  “Guerrilla” referred to the surprise element and “Welfare” is the result of this sarcastic operation.

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