escape

refuge, exodus, flight. often considered in solely negative or pejorative terms. this is the case, for instance, in “escapism”; running away while keeping structural problems intact, possibly also leaving others to clean up the mess. escape, however, can also be a highly necessary (re-)generative moment, crucial not only for self-preservation but also for a larger project of working toward more agency. consider, for example, the case of a worker “taking five” (or fifteen) in a bathroom – temporarily making it a room of one’s own, perhaps a form of soft boycott? it may not be not enough, but the bathroom may also be the only way to escape from a situation of permanent control and command, and therefore also the only way to cope with it.

Rainbow, Bathroom, Lodz.

Posted on 03/10/2012 by marc

name: maria / age: 27 / profession: editor / location: barcelona / weekday: sunday / reference: by cezary bodzianowski. seen at the exhibition “Cartografías contemporáneas” at caixa forum barcelona.

sleep

Posted on 16/10/2013 by marc

name: Felipe / age: 27 / profession: artist / location: Bogotá / weekday: Monday / reference: What you experience in daily life is never freedom.

work break

Posted on 10/02/2015 by rogier

name: dina / profession: domestic worker / location: london / weekday: wednesday / reference: Having a break from my work, from time to time. I go to the toilet / bathroom. It’s the only time my employer won’t bother me.

Action 1

Posted on 02/11/2011 by rogier

name: Flatten the Mountain (zoe & eira)/ age: 26 / profession: Artist collaborative / location: London & Glasgow / weekday: tuesday / reference: place towel over head and pose