Arts, Architecture, Activism and Access: Taking Around the Toilet to New Spaces

自2015年4月以来，“厕所周围”项目一直在探索如何打造一个安全、方便的厕所空间。通过这个项目，我们已经表明，虽然厕所通常被认为是一个平凡的空间，但对于那些缺乏足够或可访问的厕所供应是日常生活中一个关键的实际问题的人来说，厕所是“必需品”（George, 2011）。艺术、建筑、行动主义和通道：将厕所周围带到新空间介绍了厕所周围项目的一个新分支。它由三个部分组成，分别针对以不同方式投资该项目的社区。Strand A继续致力于酷儿和残疾艺术的工作，但与之前的工作不同，增加了更明确的国际维度。首先，我们合作制作了一部电影，描述了由于无障碍厕所而进行或未进行的旅行。这部电影将在多伦多（加拿大）、雷克雅未克（冰岛）以及英国的酷儿和残疾人艺术活动上放映。我们还将提交影片在“主流”电影节放映，以扩大我们的观众。Strand B继续与建筑师和设计专业人士开展传播活动。为此，我们将与谢菲尔德建筑学院和“Live Works”城市空间合作，开发并提供一个“工作室包”，重新想象通道，供建筑学硕士学生使用。Studio Pack将首先在谢菲尔德大学的建筑学硕士学生中使用，然后在全国各地的建筑学校中使用。Strand B还将与来自英国公共厕所的Gillian Kemp密切合作，传播和接收关于厕所工具包（www.toilettoolkit.co.uk）的反馈，该工具包是通过之前的一个项目“服务乌托邦”开发的。Strand C遵循了该项目关于臭名昭著的学校厕所空间的许多对话。项目团队将与紫斑艺术合作，利用皮影戏，向有学习困难的青少年征求有关项目迄今为止的成果和发现的反馈。这些反馈将由一位艺术家策划，形成一个展览，学校的专业人士将被邀请观看，并开始围绕如何使学校的厕所空间安全、方便和舒适展开对话。

Since April 2015, the Around the Toilet project has been exploring what makes a safe and accessible toilet space. Through the project we have shown that while toilets are often thought to be a mundane space, for those for whom a lack of adequate or accessible toilet provision is a crucial practical issue on a daily basis, toilets are 'the big necessity' (George, 2011). Arts, Architecture, Activism and Access: Taking Around the Toilet to New Spaces introduces a new leg of the Around the Toilet project. It is made up of three strands, which are directed at communities invested in the project in different ways.Strand A continues our commitment to working within queer and disability arts, but unlike previous work adds a more explicit international dimension. It begins by collaboratively producing a film which which describes journeys taken or not taken due to in/accessible toilets. The film will be screened at queer and disability arts event in Toronto (Canada), Reykjavik (Iceland), as well as within the UK. We will also submit the film to be screened at 'mainstream' film festivals in order to widen our audience.Strand B continues dissemination activity with architects and design professionals. To do this we will work collaboratively with Sheffield School of Architecture and the 'Live Works' Urban Room, to develop and deliver a 'Studio Pack', Re-Imagining Access, to be used with MA Architecture Students. The Studio Pack will first be used with MA Architecture Students at the University of Sheffield, before being made available to be used at architecture schools across the country. Strand B will also work closely with Gillian Kemp from Public Toilets UK to disseminate and receive feedback on the Toilet Toolkit (www.toilettoolkit.co.uk) which was developed through a previous project, Servicing Utopia.Strand C follows numerous conversations created by the project about the infamous space of the school toilet. Working with Purple Patch Arts and using shadow puppetry, the project team will seek feedback from young people with learning difficulties on the outputs and findings produced through the project so far. This feedback will be curated by an artist to form an exhibition which school professionals will be invited to view and begin a dialogue around what makes a safe, accessible, and indeed pleasant, toilet space in schools.