Lillie Maakestad

About

“I advise you, if you are anxious to be read of, to look for a boozy poet of the dark archway who writes verses with rough charcoal or crumbling chalk which folks read when they shit.”

- Martial 12.6; translation. D.R. Shackleton-Bailey, modified

Publication
Screenprinting
Collaborators:
Grace Richards
Esme Ashbrooke

Walls That Talk Publication
A documentary publication exploring Latrinalia.

Unruly, raw and deeply human - this is the toilet cubical as a confession booth, comedy stage and cultural mirror. In these spaces profanity meets poetry, humour mixes with heartbreak and the absurd mixes with the profound. These anonymous inscriptions left in moments of solitude and rebellion are presented with layered typography and organic textures to bring these voices to life.