Toilet Door, 90cm x 210cm x 4cm, Original Hollow Door, 2026

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Toilet Door is a live commission created for Chats Palace, Homerton, London. Repurposing a toilet cubicle door from the building's former life as a public library, the work transforms a functional architectural element into a site of reflection, solidarity, and resistance. Installed within a queer toilet space on the 28th June 2026, the piece draws on the role of public toilets as places of refuge, where individuals can pause, regroup, and find the confidence to re-enter the world beyond the door.

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The work incorporates a quote by Michael Cashman from a 1988 rally against Section 28 in Manchester, connecting contemporary struggles for trans rights with earlier histories of LGBTQ+ activism. By placing this historical voice within a present-day queer space, ‘Toilet Door’ reflects on the continued politicisation of access, safety, and belonging, particularly in relation to ongoing debates around trans people's use of public toilets. Through adaptation and reuse, the work turns an everyday object into a reminder that spaces of privacy can also become spaces of community, care, and political visibility.