Letter B – beautician's Bathroom - Explanation

Activity: personal hygiene
State of mind: acceptance, acquiescence
Office area: ladies' office toilet
Occupation: beautician

“… the ladies' toilet is the place where Nora decides to install her bathroom. At first she just washes herself in the wash-hand basin; but she really needs a shower, so she makes one. She starts to accept her situation; she needs to make the best of her current circumstances. The toilet is transformed so as not just to take on the role of a bathroom but also to cater for other personal care issues, such as cutting her nails, combing her hair, and hair removal. With some bottles, wires and coffee machine pipes she creates a shower shielded by a plastic-bag curtain. The hand dryers are suspended in a structure made of pipes to dry her hair, and the toilet seat and office chair swap their components with one another. The bathroom is a beauty parlour for pampering her body as if she were a beautician...”