beiruti toilets
back in beirut. an exhibit called "haven't 15 years of hiding in the toilets been enough" contained hundreds of toilets in downtown Beirut to symbolize... well, Im not sure, but my guess is the exhibit symbolizes the vast difference between the rich and poor in Lebanon. In Dahiyeh people are protesting over a lack of electricity and not being able to afford bread, while exhibits in Beirut's downtown have hundreds of toilets. I actually just installed a new toilet in my flat and I know that they aren't cheap, these in the exhibit were nice too. I wanted to take one home but there was too much security.
posted by whitecassel @ 20:41
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3 Comments:
i read about this .. it was supposed to commemorate the civil war .. supposedly ppl would go hide in the bathroom when they would hear shots being fired to avoid getting hit by a stray .. i guess they would sit on the toilet while waiting for the shooting to stop .. i think its kind of a silly idea (the exhibition not the hiding).
im sure whoever organized thought it was very clever :/
thanks for the background, makes a bit more sense now. i tried to open the lid of one of these and 2 security guards shouted at me and told me to stop.
maybe I will use one of those when water is scarce in my apartment....
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