That silent, invisible, porcelain monument, Glossy and sculpted and made in our curious form. Shaped to fit its one particular function. Closeted away behind its own door, it exists on a social divide, on its own turf unlike anything else in the world. From across the room, it is furniture, necessary and ungainly. But from upon, the dynamic changes. Its awkward and humorous surface is broken, its urgent service availed, and what is revealed!?


Welcome to the blog of Sitters. The project is a study through portraiture of the most unifying of all themes human, the toilet. This project is all about revealing the hidden. There could scarcely be a ritual so ancient or emblem of civilisation so indelible, that is less acknowledged. Its function is the function of the human body, an age old marriage.

Yet it is difficult to visualise. We can hardly recall the where and when of our life's visitations let alone the events that surround them (except for the unspeakably extreme). For something so common, so universal, it is unmatched in its unfamiliarity. It is private, closed and altogether invisible. The aim of Sitters is to show the toilet and its inevitable role as who we are. The project flushes out the taboo and restraint that surrounds the subject and plumbs the small entitlements we take for granted. That's all the toilet jokes i promise.























Tuesday 18 January 2011

Sitting down for the first time



 Welcome to the blog and thank you so much for taking the time to read up! Bonus points if you have a swishy touch-screen and are actually reading this on the loo. But, so i don't give the impression that i favour technology, triple points if you've taken the time to invest in a print run of soft-back novels of the blog, and are in turn, enjoying them in your bathroom. Um, very nice.

Since this project is at its very beginning this blog aims to document its development. So if you have an aching, silent obsession with the fine architectural details of plumbing or are interested from a photographic level about what kind of work goes into a portrait project then ask someone else  i'll make sure i post as much info, pictures, developments and ungainly tales as they happen. Be sure to leave a comment, input and collaboration are the main ingredients.

What you can expect from this blog is a small journey and all the shades of creativity that complete it. I am very much looking forward to getting it underway and am totally delighted to be sharing. Revealing is, of course, the nature of the project. 

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