2/26/2004: London's toilet art installation

Undertoad · 02-26-2004, 02:26 PM

full story

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:

...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.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2004, 08:48 PM

But a clean snob.

Leah · 02-26-2004, 08:50 PM

Why.... thank you Bruce.

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.

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!!!!

) 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.

02-26-2004, 02:26 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/26/2004: London's toilet art installation full story 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: ...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.

02-26-2004, 03:20 PM	#2
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	What happens if you turn on the light inside after dark? __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

02-26-2004, 03:25 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-26-2004, 08:48 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But a clean snob. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2004, 01:35 AM	#7
Michael Roth Minister of Lurking Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: calgary Posts: 64	Cleanliness is next to Godliness, unless of course you are in Safeway, when it is on aisle 4 next to pet food. __________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We are all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat. "Or else you wouldn't have come here."

02-26-2004, 04:28 PM	#4
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	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.

02-26-2004, 08:50 PM	#6
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Why.... thank you Bruce.

02-27-2004, 02:52 AM	#8
hermex Dry Nurse Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 23	Now this, on the other hand, is great art.

02-27-2004, 08:35 AM	#10
Dotster Complex Simpleton Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 18	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

02-27-2004, 08:43 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2004, 09:03 AM	#12
Dotster Complex Simpleton Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 18	Thanks for the welcome!! Those toilet doors were still a bit seethrough though but it's Amsterdam and you can see worse (Or better!!!! ) in the shops

02-27-2004, 09:26 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess the level of concern changes when you're talking about seeing or being seen. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2004, 09:38 AM	#15
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	judging by most nightclub toilets i've been in, if that happens you've got bigger problems. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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