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Brigette Bloom
Pee, soak, dry and use
A project that started as an accident and ended up being a new way of making pictures personal.
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On bees and piss
riddle answer
Why is a honey bee like a men's urinal? Have you guessed the riddle yet?
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Using Urine in Smarter Ways
- Pis’talk 1: Hugo Cortial, André Marques Arsénio and Janna Coomans30Apr 2015You never really get to talk about piss, do you? Well, at Mediamatic, we do. Kicking off the first Pis’talk, a series of lectures that explore urine in a broad cultural and contextual sense. The...
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Kunstfort Vijfhuizen
Socratische Gesprekken op het Kunstfort
10May 2015- A Place to Be17May 2015Socratische Gesprekken in de buitenlucht onder een systeemplafond
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Wildplaskunstenaar
The art of peeing on walls
When a group of young friends are drinking on the streets, there inevitably comes a point where at least one of them needs to pee. For Theo Brandwijk the basic need originally inspired a friendly...
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Pliny's panacea
The ancients and pee
From time immemorial, urine fascinated mankind. People ascribed to it's magic powers, using it to bleach hair, boost crops, perform curses, seduce, and whatnot. Pliny the Elder's "Natural History"...
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Peeing in the Shower
Who knew your shower time could get any cleaner?
Before you react with an "ew, gross!" just think of all the positive effects that peeing in the shower would have on you and the environment. Also, be honest now. Have you never once relieved your...
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Pollee
Urinals not meant for men.
Remember standing in line for a hot, smelly porta potty for what seemed like hours, just because it was either that or a sneaky pee in the bushes? Well, never again: the Copenhagen-based design...
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Peter Trimble
Furniture made out of sand, urine and bacteria.
Did you ever wonder about the power of your pee? Peter Trimble did. For his thesis project he investigated the possibilities of bacteria and the urea found in urine. What he found was a way to...
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Rhythm of Life
From the water of life
Through the combined narratives of traditional Chinese medicine and modern technology, Thought Collider's Aqua Vita-project visualises personal metabolic development and health with the help of their...
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Disruptive nightlights
A fluorescent stand against public urination
Putting a rather lustrous spotlight on a seemingly unnoticed problem in Madrid, Luzinterruptus took it upon themselves to draw attention to some people's use of the public spaces as personal...
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Pee Tea
Filtering Human Pee into Drinking Water
Sure, you've heard of recycling waste into energy and peeing in the shower to save water. But have you heard of filtering pee into pure drinking water?
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It's Electric!
Electric pee in Rio de Janeiro
Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro has to deal with the same reoccurring problem. The many people at the Carnival pee in the streets. With this in mind, AfroReggae and JWT came up with a way to...
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Fountain
From urinal to inspiration
Fountain. What image is cultivated in your mind after reading this word? Perhaps a beautiful multi tier structure, spewing a hypnotic flood of water centered in a botanical park. Or maybe a more...
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P-TREE
The tree hugging urinal
With public urination becoming an increasing problem, designer Sam van Veluw of AANDEBOOM has created a mobile solution for festivals and the likes.
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Evert Harmeling
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Pis’
In art history
From ancient to contemporary art, urine in art depicts both the micro-narratives of personal stories and the meta-narratives of the ever evolving world. The depiction and relation to urine and...
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Rembrandt
and the pissing farmer's wife
Many an artist throughout time has touched upon the subject of piss within their works. One of the most notable of these is perhaps Rembrandt van Rijn.
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About the Pis’ Project
2014-2016
The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...
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Pissing and the public
Most animals have excretory systems for elimination of soluble wastes. Humans are no different. While we may regard ourselves as much more evolved, in many ways we still resemble all the other...
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Joost Ramaer
Freelance journalist, specialising in Business & Economy and Arts & Culture, especially the performing arts. Writes for Culturebot.org, Follow the Money (ftm.nl), De Groene Amsterdammer (groene.nl...
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NDSM Treehouse
Even in Your Skin, You're Hiding
30Jan 2015- Artist in resident Georgina Johnson @ NDSMTreehouse31Jan 2015In haar project ‘Even In Your Skin You're Hiding’ combineert ze haar modeachtergrond met 3D kunst, stofbewerking en zet ze diverse media in. “Vrouw zijn en vruchtbaarheid zijn onlosmakelijk met...
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De Balie
Human Rights Weekend
30Jan 2015Films, debatten en masterclasses over mensenrechten en alles wat je wilt weten over het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika.
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Rocío Martín
Aquaponics Team
Sociologist, searching for new ways of living in a sustainable planet. I know other world is possible so I am great fan of urban agriculture, alternative energies and new technologies to improve the...