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

自2015年4月以来，围绕厕所的项目一直在探索如何才能创造一个安全无障碍的厕所空间。通过该项目，我们表明，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使用的厕所设施是日常生活中一个关键的实际问题的人来说，厕所是“最大的必需品”(George，2011)。艺术、建筑、激进主义和可获得性：将马桶周围带到新空间引入了马桶周围项目的新分支。它由三条线组成，分别针对以不同方式投资于该项目的社区。A线延续了我们在同性恋和残疾艺术领域工作的承诺，但与以前的工作不同，它增加了更明确的国际维度。它首先合作制作了一部电影，描述了由于厕所内/可进入的厕所而进行或未进行的旅行。这部电影将在加拿大多伦多、冰岛雷克雅未克以及英国的酷儿和残疾艺术活动上放映。我们还将把这部电影提交给主流电影节放映，以扩大我们的观众。Strand B继续与建筑师和设计专业人员进行传播活动。为此，我们将与谢菲尔德建筑学院和‘Live Works’城市工作室合作，开发和提供一个‘Studio Pack’，重新想象Access，供MA建筑专业的学生使用。该工作室包将首先在谢菲尔德大学建筑学硕士学生中使用，然后在全国各地的建筑学校使用。Strand B还将与英国公共厕所的Gillian Kemp密切合作，传播和接收对厕所工具包(www.mailettoolkit.co.uk)的反馈，该工具包是通过之前的项目Servicing Utopia开发的。Strand C跟踪了该项目关于学校厕所臭名昭著的空间的无数对话。项目团队将与紫斑艺术公司合作，使用皮影戏，征求有学习困难的年轻人对该项目迄今产生的成果和结果的反馈。这些反馈将由一位艺术家策划，以形成一个展览，学校专业人员将被邀请观看，并开始对话，讨论如何在学校创造一个安全、方便、甚至是令人愉快的厕所空间。

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.