Piss Soap Workshop - WO Assistant checklist

with Arthur Guilleminot

What is clean, what is dirty? Can an object be made out of “disgusting” material but be beneficial to our health? In the Piss Soap Workshop the participants will get the opportunity to learn about ecodeviance and the process of saponification, and in the end take home their own soap made using their own piss. 

As a workshop assistant, your role is to prepare the space, take care of ticketing, be there during the workshop and clean up. Don't hesitate to print this assistant checklist and have it with you on the day of workshop!

Here is some information about ticketing when you are a workshop assistant.

 

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Arthur and participants during the Piss Soap Trial - Justin Knelange

With: Arthur Guilleminot, Luna Thissen, Sophia Beckmann (she/her) , Jiyoung Lee, Caetano Mendes Dias

General information about the workshop

Time ~4.5h (1h prep + 3h during+ 0.5h cleanup)

Location: Clean Lab
Max. participants: 12
Tutor: Arthur Guilleminot  
Phone number: +31645241626
Email: art.guilleminot@gmail.com

 

Material checklist

For this workshop, you will need:

Materials provided by the tutor: 

  • Stainless Steel bowls ( 1 per participant)
  • Hand blenders/ staff mixers ( 1 per 2 participants)
  • Wooden stirrer
  • Scales ( 1 per 2 participants)
  • Cleaning rags
  • Eye protective gears ( glasses - 1 per participant)
  • Hand protective gears ( glove pair - 1 per participant)
  • Buckets ( 1 per participant)
  • Silicone spatulas ( 1 per 2 participants)
  • Funnel ( 1 per 2 participants)
  • Used cooking oil ( Brought by the participant or workshop giver)
  • Urine ( Brought by the participant or workshop giver)
  • Caustic soda 

Materials provided by Mediamatic: 

  • 1pp clean lab coat (Clean Lab)
  • 1 table for outside (Clean Lab/ Barn)
  • 1 clean lab table per 3 people 
  • 1 pp stool (Costume Lab/ Clean Lab)
  • 1 Trash Can (Clean Lab) with garbage bag (Dry Storage)
  • 1 TV to be connected to laptop
  • 1 HDMI cable and 1 adapter (Mirror Cupboards)
  • 3-4 Extension cables (Clean Lab / Mirror Cupboards)
  • 1 pp milk carton (Clean Lab/ Coffee corner)

To-do list

 

1 week before the workshop

Check if all the materials from Mediamatic are available.

On the day of the workshop

  1. Come in one hour before the start.
  2. Get Clean Lab key from the bar and help Arthur to set up for materials.
  3. Place one table outside for the materials that need to cool down. If it's cold this can be done in the second room of the Clean Lab
  4. Prepare enough tables for the amount of participants. Set enough stools aside for people to use when the presentation starts 
  5. Set up a table for Arthur's laptop next to the TV 
  6. Get some water and glasses for participants.
  7. If it's cold put the heating on and bring a few blankets from dry storage/barn if needed

During the workshop

Welcome participants and scan tickets. 

Help Arthur when needed 

Help clean up after the workshop is done

Timeline of the workshop

13:00 - 13:45 Preparation / Lunch

13:45 Welcome participants and scan their tickets

14:00 Start of the workshop 

14:10 Put in to practice ( mix of chemicals that needs to cool down)

14:30 Personal introduction

14:40 Introduction Piss Soap

14:50 Break

15:20 Introduction (what we will do)

15:30 Put in to practice

16:00 Explanation how to continue at home

16:20 Questions

16:40 End of the workshop

16:40 - 17:00 Cleaning up and restore the space to its standard Set Up