Posted on 08/26/2004 8:02:46 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Giant toilet raises eyebrows in Berlin
Thu Aug 26,10:52 AM ET
BERLIN (AFP) - A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days.
The still-unfinished white toilet, some 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, is part of a series of nine giant art works due to feature on the central Berlin artery this weekend in a collection called "RefleCity", by Armel Reau.
When the exhibition is inaugurated late Saturday, remote control cars will travel around and inside the bowl through transparent tubes to draw attention to the waste and transport problems in the world's major cities.
Reau told the Bild newspaper that he wasn't only trying to draw attention to the environment with his artwork. "The first reaction from people should be that they burst out laughing," he said.
A man examines the art work titled 'Big WC' by French artist Armel Reau exposed at Berlin's swanky Unter den Linden boulevard. The still-unfinished white toilet, some 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, is part of a series of nine giant art works due to feature in a collection called 'RefleCity'.(AFP/DDP/Michael Urban)
"Just be sure to put 'em back down when you're done." -- Mrs. Fierro
And sadly we are taxed to pay for this..thus we are twice offended.
Ich bin ein Bowliner.
I agree.
Ich bin ein Sitzpinkler.
This fellow has some pretty long eyebrows...
whoa....looks like he's groomed his hair to be the toilet brush for this piece of 'art'. (it's a piece of 'something', anyway)
The "Teidi Bowl" man...
The Germans are letting him get away with this?
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