pairs in these semi-public toilets in a casino in Las Vegas in functionality with history, because the urinals are in genuine remains of the Berlin Wall mounted and you can still see the original graffiti from the time of division between East and West Germany. In the bathroom there are not only temporal jumps, but also especially true spatial distances to be bridged. The triumph of communism with the fall of the Berlin Wall is so celebrated in the toilet and pees the user that literally the leg. It remains to remember that the graffiti on the Berlin Wall is often a political speech in a country represented, was in the monitoring and spying on the agenda and could lead to arrests differently-minded opinions.
precisely the mapping of a historical building with a strong political connotation in a country that is considered the cradle of capitalism, especially in a city that serves as a magnet for tourists from legal gambling are combined incompatible places with each other and from historical events in a way the pop-smart, as they are now designing a toilet, a place to stay and not typically for reflection invites. Nevertheless, is mounted over the urinals potpourri of photos and historical facts that the user should inform about the background, but this is meant more in terms of entertainment and, with Neil Postman said, as "infotainment" a deeper level of communication frustrated. The remains of the Berlin Wall, thus reinterpreted as a spectacle in the truest sense of the word to the rest of capitalism.
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