Campbell Patterson

seven fires (2008)

22 min 53 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

In an action repeated throughout the video, Patterson fills the bowl of a public toilet with toilet paper. He then lights the tissue paper, letting it burn in a small fire before flushing the ash away, cleaning the bowl, and leaving.

    Other works by Campbell Patterson

    A person sits in a diner filming himself eating.
    Campbell Patterson

    Chip Mountain (2009)

    Patterson, sitting alone in a fast food restaurant, chews handfuls of french fries, spits out the chewed potato, and forms the material into a tower.

    Chip Mountain
    A man wrapped in a towel after his shower starts to climb out the window.
    Campbell Patterson

    Clean Loop (2007)

    Patterson, fresh from the shower, a towel still around his waist, attempts a spontaneous action, through the windows of his bathroom.

    Clean Loop
    A person stands shaving their face in the mirror while topless, they're wearing tight leather pants.
    Campbell Patterson

    Soapstealer (2004)

    Patterson pumps hand soap from the dispenser in a public bathroom into an ice-cream container.

    Soapstealer
    An arm reaches down to the ground, there is a blurry rock in the foreground and cars in the background.
    Campbell Patterson

    Stones (2009)

    Stones are enveloped by the artist's body.

    Stones
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