The smell wasnt healthy: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution - and fell ill

zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: Im going to be the parasite. The performance artists project became more literal than originally intendedOn the Deptford foreshore, a ghoulish figure is sinking into the Thames. Performance artist zack mennell (who writes their name in lower case) wades to their belly button as a crowd watches on. DAs they dip down further, their mutant costume - sewn together from 24 adult nappies - swells with water and waste.me...