Can you imagine that this is a wall of a female toilet at level 3, Building 1, UTS? Lots of writings used to be exhibited there before they were cleaned out.Small corners or unexpected places may give you amazing information. When I was at school, I was so much interested in what were written on the old wooden tables in my classes. They might be some poems, or sayings, or whatever pupils thought about. They might be a message that a morning-class pupil wanted to send to a afternoon-class one.
Here at UTS, the tables are empty but the toilets' walls are not. It's so interesting to see what girls think. This might be written by a undergraduate student:
Another line is a funny definition of love:
Toilet walls can be ideal place where girls freely express their feelings. You are alone with the walls, no one disturbs you. Your senses are calming down and relaxing. That is why there are so many lines such as "I miss Sebastian" and "I miss Fran Drescher" all over the wall. And they got reply:
It's not only love and feelings but also what students always care about: Exams and assignments. Toilet walls are where girls express their stress and worries. It's simple, but it speaks the loudest voice about students' life. Why you have to go somewhere to get information for your story? Why not come to the toilet and see? It's the truest feelings that people speak out. You can have quote and information as well, haha.
Sometimes you can see a sad story that you don't know whether to belive it or not. Do you think it's true? Is it written by a miserable girl who has been raped? Is that another story about students that you may want to follow? What do you think?
Yes, it's all on toilet walls...
3 comments:
What an interesting place to photograph. UTS's women have some profound thoughts they share, but why only in the toilets? Many of the things are trivial and amusing but some posts are worrying and eery, especially the one about rape. It could be someone's idea of a joke, I really hope it is.
You know, I always read those writings on the wall but have never stopped to think about them seriously. I agree with Natalie - I hope the rape one was a joke. Not a very good joke. But an interesting post, you could raise great awareness with it.
To answer Natalie's question, I think the reason that all these messages are on toilet walls is because it provides anonymity.
I love toilets with writing on the walls,I am always disappointed if my chosen toilet has had the 'graffiti' scrubbed off the walls. Whilst I have never remembered to have a decent pen with me, it is one day my aspiration to write something meaningful to cheer up someone's day or to provoke some deep thinking.
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