Why do we write on the walls and doors of a toilet cubicle? What is it that drives us to reveal secrets that ordinarily would stay locked away?

The complexity of the human mind can be shown in a myriad of ways, from scientific experimentation to individual artistic works. Our aim is to show how this complexity varies from one individual to another using the human body as our canvas, at the same time fusing fine art, photography, and film making.

The origins of speech and the human mind are shown to have emerged simultaneously as two separate paths from precepts and concepts. It is said: speech arose primarily as a way to control information and then was used as a tool for communication.

Could it be that thought is not silent speech but rather speech is vocalised thought?

Inspired by, Virginia Woolf’s work on the complexity & vulnerability of the human mind, Will Self’s musings on toilet door graffiti, Spencer Tunick’s multiple nudes and Henning Von Berg’s guerrilla nudes.

We invite everyone that attends, to take a pen and write whatever they are compelled to write on any of the live models present. This will not just be a one way communication but a potentially interactive process where you might have a conversation with the body you are writing on. There is no influence, no judgement, and no pre-conceived notion – just as it would be locked away behind a toilet door. However, the anonymity normally afforded by closed doors is completely removed and may challenge what is written.

By photographing and filming the entire process, the final exhibition will once more invite individuals to analyse their own thoughts and those of others. Fantasies, fears, political views, ignorance and desires affect those around us in both a direct and indirect manner, and it is perhaps the very complexity of the human mind that makes us vulnerable and unique.

Artists Pank Sethi and Ilyas Kirkan

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED …

If you would like to be one of the live models or just want to be invited to this event please email Artist Ilyas Kirkan ilyas_kirkan@hotmail.com