Australians Drop Their Pants to Protest Lack of Toilets
August 21, 2012
Australian beachgoers fed up with a lack of public toilet facilities on their local beaches came up with a very literal way to show their displeasure: by bringing their own toilets to the beach.
On Sunday morning the dozen protesters, each dressed in top hats and suits, carried their toilets down to the shore at Henley Beach in Adelaide, dropped their pants and sat down for a spell, reading newspapers and shivering in the cold of Australia’s winter as onlookers stared.
The protest was not just a protest but a work of art. The organizer, local artist Andrew Baines, took photographs of the protesters and plans to paint the scene for an exhibition that will debut in January 2013.
“I think that’s the goal of an artist, is to take these issues to the world community and let people talk about it,” Baines told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
The protesters, who included everyone from a local radio personality to a former immigration minister, dropped their pants to demand that the local council add beachside toilet facilities so that beachgoers don’t have to venture out to use the toilets at nearby local cafes.
The local council says it is working with the community to find the best space for a facility, while café owners say they have been waiting on the council to act for the last 13 years, according to ABC.
Australians Drop Their Pants to Protest Lack of Toilets - ABC News
These days ... a lightbulb in a rusty bucket is a "work of art"Originally Posted by cluezo
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Anyway ... they just have to wade out in the water ... close to the sewer outlet, and drop a log. No one will notice. Won't make a difference.
This could this be spliced onto the 'Why are Aussies so fucking stupid thread.'
I mean, what else can you say about this?
Far from stupid to demand more public toilets at the beach. I hope they get them.
There's the whole fucking sea, and Aussies can't figure out where to go to the toilet? Honestly, ...
This is truly an example of crappy art.
Like we Aussies need an excuse to drop our daks.
We could all sit outside on banana lounges discussing the best way to rebuild a 4WD transmission and agree, through shared stories of conquests supporting our assertions, that there is no basis to the proposition that those least assured of their persuasions are the first to condemn others for theirs.
We could moan about the fate of "art".
Fate + art = Fart ?
What's worse ... I didn't make that up. That actually was an exhibit in the Sydney Art Gallery a few years ago.This is truly an example of crappy art.
I saw an exhibit featuring 'Piss Christ.' Some artist pissed in a jar and dropped a crucifix in the jar.
I think if you're the first to do it, that's the claim to fame in the modern art world.
Was that in Deutchland?
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