Bash Wathier

THE FORMAL PROCLAMATION OF SIR EDMUND HILLARY (NO RELATION)

As the Consigliere and Interpreter for Mr. Wathier, I have been instructed to humbly tender this communique on his behalf. Mr. Wathier remains at his villa in Crapo, Maryland, plotting his revenge against all hotel art, the passive voice, and people who spell their name "Geoff." I have done my level best to transcribe his intentions into a language suitable for public consumption, though I have taken the liberty of removing the more colorful metaphors in the interest of protecting the genteel.

With my humblest apologies for the disruption,

— Sir Edmund Hillary (no relation)


THE AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT OF BASH WATHIER

Bash Wathier is a rebellion against the polite, the serene, and all Corporate Gray and Apologetic Blue.

Bash is a philosopher, dog walker, and visual therapist. Several years ago, doctors diagnosed Bash with introvertius cerebelli, and today he suffers from a clinical irritability with people who speak in the passive voice. Bash, therefore, only communicates through his Consigliere and Interpreter, Sir Edmund Hillary (no relation).

Bash's work has been cited for inviting "prolonged looking" and its refusal of "stylistic ventriloquism" by DRIFT Art &...