It’s the year 2021, the corona virus pandemic has hit humanity and no one’s allowed to use the hand dryers in public toilets. This newly established rule is executed by sticking a piece of paper on the mouths of hand dryers, covering up the area where people once stuck their hands in. Almost as if taken as second nature, some toilet managers don’t even bother to put up words that indicate its forbidden usage.
It all comes down to this: white piece of paper VS human strength.
As if functioning as a peace treaty or a humble fort, the white piece of paper stirs people away from its course. The tension that derives from the fragility of paper and the human hand that can break it in one motion, is somehow anxiety-inducing yet exciting. Nevertheless, the paper stands victory, build upon deep-rooted semiotics and social logic.
This contrast between materiality and actors at play, it doesn’t up too much but also is worthy of taking note.