TOOTHBRUSH AS seeks to investigate the object's relations to situations further than its immediate context whilst expanding on the role it plays. Illuminating the everyday object, and asking for a new consideration that the subject may have not previously been privy to. It is a request that the viewer reframe and reconsider the way they relate to their material world.
THE TOOTHBRUSH AS CLEANING, AS CONTACT, AS SWEEPING, AS RELATED TO THE MOUTH, AS ELECTRIC OR MANUAL, AS A WAY TO REMOVE UNWANTED THINGS, AS DISPOSABLE, AS GIVER OF FRESH BREATH, AS SEX AND INTIMACY, AS MEDITATION AND MASTURBATION, AS A FRAME OF TIME, AS A TIME-SAVING DEVICE, AS IDENTITY, AS SOUND, AS AN INABILITY TO TALK, AS A MEASURING TOOL OF A RELATIONSHIP, AS SENTIMENTAL, AS A TOILET CLEANER, AS AN ACTOR IN FILMS AND MEDIA, AS A CULTURAL ICON, AS A WAY TO SELF-ACTUALISE, AS AN EMERGENCY, AS CONSUMERIST, AS ENVIRONMENTAL, AS ECO-FRIENDLY, AS A FASHION ACCESSORY, AS THE ULTIMATE TOOL, AS THE THING THAT SAVES THE WORLD.
The resulting outcome of TOOTHBRUSH AS – a series of 5, 2-minute films (the length of time you should brush your teeth) in which you watch me explore and unravel facets of the toothbrush "network" while I brush.
