April 24, 2018: Thirsty?

I believe this is the most unusual drinking fountain I’ve ever seen.  It’s an interesting exhibit spotted at Calgary’s Sparks Center — a family science and discovery-oriented museum.  

01 Sparks Center, Calgary (23)I thought the exhibit did an excellent job of pointing out how perceptions affect us at a deep level.  We generally think of toilets as waste disposal systems, and associate them with urine, vomit, feces and such.  Definitely don’t think of a toilet as a source of drinking water. 

Who would drink from this most unusual fountain?  Someone dying of thirst certainly would.  My dogs would love it!   But as it was a cool day and I was not thirsty, I passed on the opportunity.

02 Sparks Center, Calgary (31)

What would you do?

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6 years ago

And not the first time for a toilet as a museum exhibit. The Guggenheim in New York last year had a solid-gold working replica by Maurizio Cattelan, entitled America, that could be used by visitors.

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And, famously, in 1917, Marcel Duchamp challenged concepts of art and esthetics by exhibiting a ‘readymade,’ a standard urinal turned on its edge, signed as if by an artist, and labeled… Fountain.

6 years ago

I keep a toilet roll on my work bench. Perfect size for drying WD 40 off my machine parts and grease off my fingers. 

Everyone who spots it says it’s disgusting.

Maybe I should call it Bathroom Tissue !

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