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.

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.

temporary housing on coldharbour lane

Posted on 02/11/2011 by rogier

name: Laura Jane / age: 23 / profession: cinema worker & print maker / location: hackney / weekday: wednesday / reference: work break

Me with my mess

Posted on 08/06/2018 by marc

name: Nina / age: 18 / profession: Student / location: Warsaw / reference: I was lost in my life, Now i know i’m just a mess.

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.

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.

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