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Restroom Photography by Lincøln

January 1st, 2008 4:12 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: Take a picture of a public restroom. It should be Muddy Waters, if convenient.

This may be my favorite ongoing praxis of all time. I love encountering new and exciting bathrooms. Whether they be unique, fancy, horrible or awesome. I love bathrooms and always have.

When I was in high school I used to break into buildings for fun. Nothing incredibly illegal, mostly hotels and then find roof access and sit on the roof and watch the view or the stars or the sunrise or whatever. But every building I ever broke into, or went into for that matter, I would always check out the bathroom. A bathroom really reflects the place it's in. How you treat your bathroom is how you treat your guests. Fancy hotels tend to have fancy marble bathrooms. Fast food joints tend to have utilitarian bathrooms that clean up easily. Park bathrooms tend to be made strong and durable with a drain in the floor so it can all be hosed down. I used to love the bathroom at the Whisky A-Go-Go on Sunset. It was terrible and awesome. Covered in graffiti, holes in the wall, broken mirror, a corner missing from the sink counter, the floor was tiled but uneven, it sloped up towards the toilet, most of the tiles broken. It was a piece of art; rough, hodge-podge, raw, beautiful and sublime. It's not like that anymore. It has been remodeled and looks like any other bathroom now, and the music in the place reflects that. Just like any other place.

Well, here is my collection of bathrooms that I love. This task will never be done. It will be updated constantly. I have taken it as my mission to document every interesting bathroom I encounter.

Enjoy this collection. I'm doing this for me, but there is no reason why you can't enjoy my collection while you're here. Sit back, relax, put your feet up, stay awhile.

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Miles Memorial Playhouse
Miles Memorial Playhouse
Miles Memorial Playhouse
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Classy
Anti-bathroom
Ruins
Restore Austin
Restore Austin
Restore Austin
Restore Austin
Look at this close up
What a great bathroom
Sure, why not?
Who needs privacy when they poo?
Westchester Park
Fancy no flush
Hello neighbor!
Bathroom without doors
Hi tech
She's every woman
Bathroom for midgets?
Sani Seal Part I
Sani Seal Part II
Just a urinal
Obligatory
Headquarters
This is a public Restroom I found in Prescott Arizona
Same public bathroom in Prescott
This is a public restroom found on Market Street
Automatic Door
Inside the automatic toilet
Be Safe. Wash.
Smallest bathroom ever?
How?
Bathroom on set
Bathroom on set
Bathroom on set
Bathroom on Melrose
Bathroom on Melrose
Bathroom on Melrose
Cool faucets
Metal industrial
Metal industrial
Seriously
Benches are good.
Art Deco
Kick pedal flushers
Out Of Order
Sorry for the Inconvenience,
Pacific's The Grove movie theater
Out of Order
Little guy's busted
Airplane
Airplane
Airplane
Airplane
John
Sub-pisser
Sub-floor
Why not?
Useful
Self portrait in a bathroom in the middle of nowhere Texas.
Interesting
Brilliant
Fukc you
Absence
Fancy
Fancy
Fancy
More marble!
Blue lines
Watch your step
Port-a
Frjtz
Frjtz
Overstocked
IMG_0585.JPG
FLU SEASON IS HERE!
Chair
Black & White
Waffle House
Fancy!
Basin sink!
PLEASE!!!!
Not just a good idea.
Most spacious bathroom ever
Other side of the most spacious bathroom ever
Pretty
Awful
Multitude
Tilted
Burning Man bathrooms
All fixed.
Theater of NOTE's bathroom
Theatre of N.O.T.E.
The new JW Marriott in downtown
The new JW Marriott in downtown
The new JW Marriott in downtown
The new JW Marriott in downtown
The new JW Marriott in downtown
South Pasadena Country Club
Big 5 Sporting Goods in Pasadena
LAX Marriott
LAX Marriott
LAX Marriott
LAX Marriott
Mr. & Mrs. Kickass's house
Mar Vista Bowl
Mar Vista Bowl
Baja Fresh in Calabasas
Cakebread Castle
Cakebread Castle
Yep.
Privacy is an outdated notion when you think about it.
Arizona Rest Stop
Arizona Rest Stop
IMG_6384.JPG
Hauli Huvilla
Green skinny bathroom
Green skinny bathroom
Green skinny bathroom
Tiles
Industrial building in the city of Vernon
Los Angeles City Hall
Paramount Studios
Paramount Studios
Scariest bathroom ever
Some Mexican joint in Westchester
Scariest bathroom ever
Those are tiles. Tiles printed to look wet. Yes.
Self Portrait in awful tiles.
Awful tiles.
Ashtray.
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Fancy hotel in Albuquerque
Fancy hotel in Albuquerque
River Garden Park
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Holy cow.
posted by Loki on January 1st, 2008 4:24 AM

The new era is a microera, and it's BLUE!

Not just BLUE, but full of all sorts of great tasks from the infinite exchange.

So many new old tasks, so little time, so few hording spots in my task-list.

Oh yeah, and an interesting photo, Lincoln. Is it in a place children go?

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posted by anna one on January 1st, 2008 4:40 AM

Can you remember using the big-boy's urinals as a child?
I can remember the lower-to-the-ground toilets in the girls bathroom...

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posted by none on January 1st, 2008 5:19 AM

We agree with Anna One, we believe the politically correct term for 'little people' is 'children'.

And surely midgets pee too?

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posted by rongo rongo on January 1st, 2008 12:35 PM

I can tell you about that short urinal (or ones like it), even though I am female, because I was involved in remodeling a building to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance. There is actually a rule about having a urinal really near the ground.

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posted by susy derkins on January 1st, 2008 1:29 PM

Yeah, I was just thinking that: it must be hard to reach a tall one from a wheelchair.
Still, the actual mechanics of the event elude me. But I am also a female, so.

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posted by Lincøln on January 1st, 2008 1:44 PM

This was not in a school or someplace for children, it was at a big boy restaurant. And my best friend is in a wheelchair and it is no less hard for him to pee in a big urinal, or an actual toilet or even the sink. There is no advantage for a low urinal for him. Maybe it is for the little people. It's very strange any way you look at it.

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posted by rongo rongo on January 1st, 2008 6:28 PM

I'm not saying all the ADA regulations make tons of sense for real people with disabilities, just that there is something requiring a very short urinal! We also scratched our heads a lot trying to figure out the motivation behind it. And, unfortunately, because our building has only one urinal, it had to be at the special low height, and now no one can actually use it comfortably. As if bathrooms weren't puzzling enough.

Heh... Susy called weeing an "event"...
posted by Charlie Fish on January 2nd, 2008 7:12 AM

Yeah, it really annoys me when something is done to comply with the DDA (ADA in the US) that is unreasonably inconvenient for all the able-bodied people. Yes, disabled people should be catered for, but ALSO ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, no?

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posted by Lincøln on January 26th, 2008 4:38 PM

Maybe with Susy, weeing is an "event".

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posted by Jellybean of Thark on January 26th, 2008 6:12 PM

Isn't that the case with you?

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posted by susy derkins on January 26th, 2008 6:22 PM

Come wee with me! Aim to the little bee! Nothing will be the same afterwards...

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posted by Lincøln on January 26th, 2008 6:38 PM

I can't wait.

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posted by Jellybean of Thark on January 26th, 2008 7:53 PM

I'm in!

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posted by Lincøln on May 7th, 2009 12:47 PM

I have been constantly updating this task for over a year, and nobody has noticed, but that's OK as I'm often updating old tasks to make them better where possible.

But this time I found a real winner and needed to give a shout out so I could share the awesome with you who may be reading your update page.

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posted by Jellybean of Thark on May 7th, 2009 5:34 PM

I once spent a weekend in Laughlin, Nevada. Every public bathroom I went in had a sharps conatiner.

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posted by Lincøln on April 8th, 2012 2:18 PM

Maybe my favorite photo I've ever taken is now a part of this task.

This gift I share with you.

I'm pretty sure many of you didn't know this task existed, but I have been slowly updating it every time I encounter a new interesting restroom. Enjoy it. Come back often. It is updated often.