OTOHIME: her royal highness is in the bathroom now
sound (1:00:00, loop), public toilet, spotify playlist, sticker
sound (1:00:00, loop), public toilet, spotify playlist, sticker
A female voice non-stop humming songs without lyrics for about 1 hour. Pop songs, folk songs, classical music, national anthems…all music comes from the artist's personal memory and represents her background and autobiography, some melodies you must know, some melodies you don’t : It’s about how music includes and excludes us.
The bathroom remains its normal function. Visitors can just walk in the toilet (on purpose or without), listen to the music for a little while. By chance they could recognize the melodies, or they never could.
The title of the installation, OTOHIME (sound princess) is a toilet product widely used in Japan: it’s a speaker playing music to avoid the normal embarrassing situation of hearing other’s urinations in the public lavatories. This sound installation could somehow also provide a similar function, while also related to various tales about ghost ladies in the house.
The bathroom remains its normal function. Visitors can just walk in the toilet (on purpose or without), listen to the music for a little while. By chance they could recognize the melodies, or they never could.
The title of the installation, OTOHIME (sound princess) is a toilet product widely used in Japan: it’s a speaker playing music to avoid the normal embarrassing situation of hearing other’s urinations in the public lavatories. This sound installation could somehow also provide a similar function, while also related to various tales about ghost ladies in the house.
