Examining waste treatment and the unseen sanitation system, this project explores how “cleanliness” and “physical hygiene” differ from one social and cultural structure to another. Cleanliness suggests washing away of the ‘undesirable,’ banishing the ‘grotesque.’  The degree of exposure to the grotesque has been used to measure levels of social and cultural status and gauge “civilized” development.  The process of concealing bodily functions and eliminating undesirable waste is a collective enterprise that is nearly invisible in a modern city.  It is a great indication of the varying degrees of, and attitudes towards, “privacy.”  This installation heightens awareness of these repressed and invisible forces; inviting viewers to recognize implications upon social, cultural, economic and political values within the city.