Fluck it!

FLUCK IT! - is a possibility to get emotional relief by writing or drawing whatever annoys you on the toilet tissue and throwing it in the toilet to watch it disintegrate. Employ it for your personal use.

Gertruda considers capitalism problematic because of mass-manipulation. The world is spinning in a vicious circle where everyone is thought to fight for a better future which implies seeking fortune. In her work, she is expressing her feelings about the constant problems most of us experience daily, such as addictions and consumerism surrounding the environment. Disintegrating mental health is a very current subject that affects the majority of people. This project presents viewers with a more complex understanding of the world we live in now and introduces a new method of discharging negative feelings and thoughts.

All images were taken in the shared flat where Gertruda lives to show how the domestic environment is contributing to the disintegration of her mental health. She used a laser printer and an innovative procedure to print the pictures on the toilet paper. The main project’s component is a toilet, a place of disgust, where annoying things from the artist’s personal life are metaphorically and physically disintegrated for the purpose of gaining emotional relief.

“Disintegration” - Copeland Gallery, 10th December 2019

Can we exercise our demons and find a way of turning the negative into the positive?
What are the factors that make us mentally disintegrated and how to stay mentally healthy in the 21st century?