Wallpaper design - Bin-surfing in Lockdown
Object
Printed Ephemera
Production date
2020
Object number
2022.69
Physical Description
Sample of a wallpaper design by artist Angela Groundwater. White background with a green grid. Overlaying this is a repeating design in brown and greens showing food items, books, chairs, a toy monkey, books, shoes, a duck and heron.
Object history
In early 2020 the Hackney Brocals were working with artist Angela Groundwater on a piece with them about their struggles with isolation and loneliness and the steps they were taking to combat it.
The introduction of a national lockdown in response to the Coronavirus pandemic created an unprecedented threat of loneliness as the bros stayed at home alone. Throughout the rest of 2020 the men shared their personal stories of lockdown with Angela and one another over Zoom, asking: What had they been doing? How had they been coping?
The results are these custom-made wallpaper designs that weave together the men’s memories, histories and treasured possessions, to create a portrait of a year unlike any other.
The introduction of a national lockdown in response to the Coronavirus pandemic created an unprecedented threat of loneliness as the bros stayed at home alone. Throughout the rest of 2020 the men shared their personal stories of lockdown with Angela and one another over Zoom, asking: What had they been doing? How had they been coping?
The results are these custom-made wallpaper designs that weave together the men’s memories, histories and treasured possessions, to create a portrait of a year unlike any other.
Associated Event
Associated Organisation
Associated Person
Groundwater, Angela (Artist)
Material
Paper-based
Dimension
Height: 830mm
Width: 533mm
Width: 533mm
Exhibition Label
From the exhibition 'Out of the Mancave' [18 May 2021 – 5 February 2022]
Bin-surfing in Lockdown
During lockdown, I’ve been doing a bit of bin-surfing. Twice I found 40 plantains! I make plantain smoothies; bread; cakes. Part of our diet is based on what I get from the bin. I wash everything!
I have these spray-painted gold shoes that I wore in a show for Posh Club, which is a cabaret for the over-60s.
I’m kind of a bird person now. In the kitchen I look out of the window and I see the visitors.
I spend time on the terrace. When the weather permits it’s a great place to hula-hoop.
There is a small toy, that my partner, Allen, gave me. A sort of puppet, like a wooden monkey.
Donald Hutera, 64
Bin-surfing in Lockdown
During lockdown, I’ve been doing a bit of bin-surfing. Twice I found 40 plantains! I make plantain smoothies; bread; cakes. Part of our diet is based on what I get from the bin. I wash everything!
I have these spray-painted gold shoes that I wore in a show for Posh Club, which is a cabaret for the over-60s.
I’m kind of a bird person now. In the kitchen I look out of the window and I see the visitors.
I spend time on the terrace. When the weather permits it’s a great place to hula-hoop.
There is a small toy, that my partner, Allen, gave me. A sort of puppet, like a wooden monkey.
Donald Hutera, 64
On display?
No
