Max Siedentopf

Due to the necessity of having to spend the Coronavirus pandemic in self-isolation, the artist Max Siedentopf turned his own home upside down and captured the results with his camera. He piled cans into sculptural towers, stitched together haute-couture clothes, crafted monsters and traps, and invented crazy alternatives to toilet paper. But that wasn't all: he also published all of his actions on Instagram and invited followers around the world to copy his various mottos. This handy survival guide consists of different chapters that shed an ironic light upon the process of getting by at home alone, whether one has chosen to isolate or has been ordered to. From "invent a new meal," to "make a painting using toothbrush," to "balance all your beauty products," it's all there. The best pictures from the series, which now numbers more than one thousand photos, are collected here. An effective way to combat boredom whenever.
-MAX SIEDENTOPF (*1991 in Windhoek, Namibia)-artist, photographer, video director, freelance art director-was the creative director for the KesselsKramer agency from 2013 to 2020. He is the founder of the quarterly art magazine Ordinary.

-MAX SIEDENTOPF (*1991 in Windhoek, Namibia) - Künstler, Fotograf, Regisseur für Videos und freier Art Director - war von 2013 bis 2020 als Creative Director bei der Agentur KesselsKramer tätig. Er ist Gründer des Kunst-Magazins Ordinary, das vierteljährlich erscheint.

CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsPrefaceINVENT A NEW MEALPLAY WITH THE REFLECTION IN YOUR MIRRORCREATE A BATH TUB MONSTERCREATE A BUILDING WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR KITCHENCREATE A BLOODY HORROR SCENE USING KETCHUPSHARE A MEAL WITH SOMEONE WHO'S FAR AWAYDESIGN A HAUTE COUTURE OUTFIT USING KITCHEN UTENSILSBUILD A TRAPMAKE A AINTING USING TOOTH PASTEFIND A TOILET PAPER REPLACEMENTBALANCE ALL YOUR BEAUTY PRODUCTS ON TOP OF EACH OTHERPAINT YOUR FACECLIP YOUR NAILS AND ARRANGE THEM INTO A STARWEAR ALL YOUR CLOTHES AT THE SAME TIMELEARN TO FLYUSE ALL YOUR LAMPS AND START A FUNKY DISCOWEAR ALL YOUR BOOKS AS A HATSUMMON A GHOSTBUILD AN APOCALYPSE SHELTERCOLLECT ALL THE DUST AND CREATE A NEW ANIMALINVENT A NEW WAY TO LIE ON YOUR SOFAUSE TWO CLOTHING HANGERS TO PULL A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACEWEAR YOUR TROUSERS ON TOP AND YOUR HOODIE ON YOUR LEGSPRETEND YOU'RE AT THE BEACHPLACE YOUR BED VERTICALLYENJOY THE FEELING OF RAIN BY SHOWERING WITH YOUR CLOTHES ONCLONE YOURSELFCREATE A PARTY MAKEUP USING ONLY WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR FRIDGEHIDE UNDER YOUR TABLE UNTIL EVERYTHING IS OVERUSE YOUR CLOTHING IRON TO COOK A DELICIOUS CAN OF SOUPBUILD A SWORDTURN YOURSELF INTO WOLVERINE USING CUTLERYPRETEND YOU'RE A CHAIR FOR ONE HOURTAKE YOUR FAVORITE SOCK AND TURN YOURSELF INTO AN ELEPHANTCREATE A MASTERPIECE OF ART USING PASTATIE YOUR HAIR TO YOUR PILLOWTAKE A CARROT AND TURN YOURSELF INTO A UNICORNTURN YOUR TOILET INTO A JACUZZITAPE ALL YOUR CIGARETTES TOGETHER FOR ONE FINAL SMOKEWRITE A LOVE LETTER WITH YOUR FEETUSE YOUR FURNITURE AS GYM EQUIPMENTKEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WITH TWO MATCHESDESIGN YOUR OWN HOLY CROSSGO FISHING FROM YOUR BALCONYFIND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALIENSBUILD YOUR OWN INDOOR MOUNTAINUSE YOUR MOUTH TO BECOME A HUMAN FOUNTAINCYCLE FOR 20KM IN YOUR LIVING ROOMSLEEP IN YOUR BATHTUB FOR VARIATIONWEAR ALL YOUR JEWELRY AT THE SAME TIME TO STAND OUTTAPE TWO BEERS TO YOUR HEAD FOR AN INSTANT GOOD TIMEBUILD A HOUSE OF CARDS USING TOASTTIE YOUR HAIR WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE CABLEDESIGN A SHOE AROUND YOUR FOOT USING KITCHEN PRODUCTSDRAW A FRIEND ON YOUR HAND TO FEEL LESS ISOLATEDWRITE "HELP" ON YOUR WINDOWMETAMORPHOSE INTO A TURTLEPLACE A SLICE OF ORANGE IN YOUR MOUTH FOR A BIGGER SMILEPRETEND YOUR LAPTOP IS A GOOD BOOKWEAR YOUR PILLOW UNDER YOUR T-SHIRT FOR A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURETURN YOUR OVEN INTO A FOOTBALL GOALHANG YOUR BED SHEETS OUT OF YOUR WINDOW TO ESCAPEPLACE YOUR EAR WITH A GLASS ON YOUR WALL TO SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBORSAVOID SHAKING HANDS BY USING SAUSAGES AS FINGERSTURN YOUR VACUUM CLEANER INTO A KILLER ROBOTENJOY A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET ON YOUR PHONEATTACH YOUR TOOTH BRUSH TO A DRILL FOR EXTRA WHITE TEETHTURN YOURSELF INTO A SNOWMAN USING SHAVING FOAMINCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR CLEANING SPRAY BY COVERING IT IN TIN FOILSPICE UP THE DAILY NEWS BY DRAWING ON YOUR SCREENBUILD YOUR OWN BREATHING MASKCLEANSE YOURSELF INSIDE YOUR WASHING MACHINERECYCLE YOURSELFGIVE YOUR DOG A MANICUREBOIL SPAGHETTI INSIDE A COFFEE POTSNOWBOARD ON YOUR STAIRSDRESS YOUR PLANTS IN CLTHES TO KEEP YOU COMPANYCREATE A PENTAGRAM ON YOUR FLOOR TO SUMMON THE UNDERWORLDPLACE YOUR TOILET BRUSH INTO A FLOWER VASEPRETEND YOUR MICROWAVE IS A PCPLACE A MULTIVITAMIN ON YOUR TONGUE TO STAY HEALTHYBUILD YOURSELF A COFFINCredits