[s-a-p-o] is a Beirut-based artist duo that tackles intimacy in bathing rituals. With the rise of Covid-19, we concentrated our studies on material speculations of soap, the material that keeps our society intact. 

One of these studies, [soap portraits], is a series of soap-bars intimately speculating on this daily and crucial material. By encapsulating bodily residuals of the artists in these bars, the installation aims to underline soap as an intimate repository of organic material. The project is already finished and stored in Beirut. Luckily for us, none of these objects have been damaged by the grim Beirut-blast. Thus, [soap portraits] are safe and intact. 

Each of these bars are planned to be shown on a soap-holder that will be positioned on a white-wall next to one another. The soap-holders, aka pedestals, will be positioned on a height that is generic to bathroom architecture to reference their use purpose. 

If selected, the soap-bars, as well as the soap-holders will be shipped from Beirut to Buenos Aires. The material is very light in weight.