CROC ROCK

2024

Mixed Media

Site-Specific Installation

Dimensions variable

Playing with the Urban-Myth of "Sewer Crocodiles". The myth is believed to have originated in New York, where former pet-crocodiles get flushed down the toilet, as soon as they grow to a scary size and start to live in the sewers, the subconscious of the modern day consumer city. 

I'm interested in the idea of reactivating spaces, such as the de-facto unaccessible "wheelchair-accessible" toilet in Städelschule, which can only be accessed through a frightening fright-elevator, which once in a while gets randomly stuck in between floors.

Stuck in between floors: the crocodile inside the sewage-system.