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发帖数: 29495 | 1 最酷厕所：伦敦大街上,里面可看到外面,但外面看不到里面.jpg | f**********r
发帖数: 3774 | 2 The description that accompanies these images claims that they depict a
public toilet located in Houston, Texas. The images show a toilet with walls
made of one way glass. People inside the toilet have a plain view of the
streetscape outside, but people on the street cannot see in.
The photographs are genuine, and indeed show a fully functional toilet with
walls made of one-way glass. However, the toilet shown in the photographs is
not a permanent public facility and it is not located in Houston, Texas. In
fact, the toilet is a work of art known as "Don’t Miss a Sec" created by
conceptual artist Monica Bonvicini. The "see-thu loo" was first exhibited at
a construction site across from the Tate Britain Museum in London in
December, 2003. A BBC news article about the exhibit notes:
Artist Monica Bonvicini has created a minimalist glass cube containing a
usable loo to stand opposite the Tate Britain gallery in London.
The work, called Don't Miss A Sec, is made out of one-way glass which
means you can see out but not in.
The public sculpture will sit at the former Royal Army Medical College
in Millbank, and is meant for public use.
A spokeswoman for the project said: "It will arouse curiosity because
people can just come and use it, although there is a question of whether
people will feel comfortable doing so.
The toilet was also exhibited at the Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland in
2004. Unrelated photographs of the Messeplatz clearly show the same street
as shown in the above photographs, so it seems clear that they were taken at
the Messeplatz exhibit rather than the earlier London showing.
Thus, it is clear that the photographs were not taken in Houston nor could I
find any credible reference that indicates that Bonvicini's glass toilet
was ever exhibited there.
In an interview published on Neoaztlan, Monica Bonvicini explains her
motivation for creating the exhibit:
The idea for Don’t Miss a Sec.’ came in 1999. I made the drawings for
it on an airplane. It relates to the urge, during big art events where so
much is about “see and be seen,” to not miss anything. At any big art
event, everyone needs a bathroom at some point. If you use the work for it,
you are still able to see the next art work, who is passing by, who is
talking with whom, and who is wearing what. At the same time, you can
literally show your ass to them. | S*********r
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