Bubbles are often associated with dreams, cleanliness, or childhood. They are used to make surfaces healthy for humans, and bubbling soap is used to sanitise and cleanse (human) spaces and objects. However, cleaning agents often create damage downstream. Whilst they may cleanse human environments, they damage the environments we live within. Bubbles and foamy surfaces are often associated with many forms of chemicals and effluents that are damaging to the environment. Bubbles from cleaning liquids have caused eutrophication due to the chemical-rich bubbly runoff, whilst chemical plants that produce cleaning and cleansing agents ooze liquid pollutants into streams and rivers, which become foamy as the chemicals linger on the surface. Domestic sewage is also treated before flowing into the river, with chemicals designed to clean, cleanse, and remove dirt.

This project looks to criticise the clean image of a perfect bubble, through a diptic video installation. One video shows the supposedly clean side of the bubble, whilst the other video shows the oozy effluent that bubbles create. All the video footage in these films is recorded in spaces I interact with in my daily life, and the outdoor videos are collected from nearby park pools, field pools, squares, restaurant sewage, or sewage treatment plants. The clean bubble image is often viewed within scenes of waters entering the home, whilst the bubble of discharge, signals a departure into the environment. The videos act as a mirror of each other: breaking down the image of a perfect, clean bubble.