Installation

For my installation project, I decided to work out of my bathroom.  People use this room, come and go, and I feel like it is really under appreciated.  I think many of us do our best thinking in the bathroom and I'm sure a large number of geniuses have had their "breakthrough" while showering, washing their hands, or doing some other necessary physiological activity.  So to show my appreciation for the bathroom, which is usually neglected at every party, I decided to throw it a party in a sense.  I hoped to engage the space that is usually not given a second thought as people did their thing in there.  I pinned up balloons all over the walls and had balloons covering the floor.  To add an extra element, I stuck my stereo system under the sink and had speakers playing Lil' Wayne on the back of the toilet.  I set this up around 4 pm and left there, music playing, till 1 am. 

My roommates' reactions to this were the best part.  One of them heard the music in the bathroom and kept asking me if it was okay to go in there cause she really suspected that there were people in there having a party.  Then she later told me that she looked forward to going to the bathroom.  My other roommate was scared to go in because she was so clueless and fearful about what she might find.  When either of them asked me what was going on in an attempt to find out what was inside the room before they entered themselves, all I would say was, "It's just a little party."

The space actually began to transform gradually.  At one point as I was using the bathroom, I felt a little self-conscious.  The party-ness of the room definitely affected me.

Quote from my roommate's facebook: "...thanks to one of my roommates, a trip to the bathroom is like a party..."