Giant toilet raises eyebrows in Berlin

A man examines the art work titled "Big WC" by French artist Armel Reau exposed at Berlin's swanky Unter den Linden boulevard. The still-unfinished white toilet, some 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, is part of a series of nine giant art works due to feature in a collection called "RefleCity".

BERLIN (AFP) - A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days.

The still-unfinished white toilet, some 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, is part of a series of nine giant art works due to feature on the central Berlin artery this weekend in a collection called "RefleCity", by Armel Reau.

When the exhibition is inaugurated late Saturday, remote control cars will travel around and inside the bowl through transparent tubes to draw attention to the waste and transport problems in the world's major cities.

Reau told the Bild newspaper that he wasn't only trying to draw attention to the environment with his artwork. "The first reaction from people should be that they burst out laughing," he said.

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