Your Restroom is a Battleground
“Your Restroom is a Battleground” shows seven dioramas that depict case
study bathroom controversies taking place around the world. Viewers
are invited to peer into detailed cross-sectional models representing the
sites where each battle was waged while they listen to a corresponding
four-minute podcast, available for listening here, that describes the social,
political and environmental ramifications of each conflict. The sequence of
models, arranged in a semi-circular structure, allows visitors to compare
and contrast the interconnected political, social, health and environmental
issues triggered by bathroom controversies within their broader global
context. The sites featured are:
- Guangzhou, China’
- Starbucks, Philadelphia, United States
- Residential Housing, Colombia
- Gloucester High School, Virginia, United States
- Khayelitsha, South Africa
- Canterbury Prison, United Kingdom
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
