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Undertoad 02-26-2004 02:26 PM

2/26/2004: London's toilet art installation
 
http://cellar.org/2004/londonwc.jpg

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Public restroom facilities are always an issue in cities, but here's another take on it: as art. This looks like a box of mirrors, but it's really a shitter with one-way glass:

http://cellar.org/2004/londonwc2.jpg

...so you can use it and watch the rest of the world, while they can't watch you. The name of the exhibit: "Don't Miss A Sec".

I would use this.

BrianR 02-26-2004 03:20 PM

What happens if you turn on the light inside after dark?

Elspode 02-26-2004 03:25 PM

Geez...talk about shy bladder.

It would be really great if the walls were liquid crystal, and they were programmed to randomly go instantaneously clear.

Now *that's* art!

Leah 02-26-2004 04:28 PM

I was over in London & Paris recently and I refused to use these toilets that are out in the middle of the street. You never know what dirty bugger has been in there earlier. Harrods & the Ritz was a much better choice and even came with a nice selection of perfumes for you to spray to your hearts content.
Call me a snob, I don't care.:angel:

xoxoxoBruce 02-26-2004 08:48 PM

But a clean snob.:beer:

Leah 02-26-2004 08:50 PM

Why.... thank you Bruce. :blush:

Michael Roth 02-27-2004 01:35 AM

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, unless of course you are in Safeway, when it is on aisle 4 next to pet food.

hermex 02-27-2004 02:52 AM

Now this, on the other hand, is great art.

xoxoxoBruce 02-27-2004 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hermex
Now this, on the other hand, is great art.
That depends on which side of the glass you're on.:D

Dotster 02-27-2004 08:35 AM

If anyone is ever in Amsterdam there are some great toilets in the Museumplein. The cubicle doors are clear glass until you lock them and they automatically mist up - clever stuff

xoxoxoBruce 02-27-2004 08:43 AM

Welcome to the Cellar, Dotster. I remember seeing a thing on TV about how they work. It was talking about using them as house windows for controlling passive energy gain and loss. Then they showed the toilet door application in a night club. Not for the paranoid.:)

Dotster 02-27-2004 09:03 AM

Thanks for the welcome!! Those toilet doors were still a bit seethrough though but it's Amsterdam and you can see worse (Or better!!!!:blush: ) in the shops

xoxoxoBruce 02-27-2004 09:26 AM

I guess the level of concern changes when you're talking about seeing or being seen.;)

Beestie 02-27-2004 09:30 AM

Quote:

The cubicle doors are clear glass until you lock them and they automatically mist up
Works great till the power goes off. :)

jaguar 02-27-2004 09:38 AM

judging by most nightclub toilets i've been in, if that happens you've got bigger problems.


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