Wollongong artists reward toilet users with 'shitcoin' currency at art festival
Two Wollongong artists built a working composting toilet called the Turdis where users receive 'shitcoin' currency redeemable for food and discounts.
Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein created the Turdis, a bright pink composting toilet, for the Cementa26 art festival in Kandos next weekend. Festival-goers who use it receive 'shitcoin' and can spend this currency on fruit and discounts.
All waste is turned into fertilizer for a nearby farm. The toilet shows you can flush less.
Instead of six litres of drinking water each time, it uses compost. The piece is called Glimpses of Poo-topia.
It uses music and humour to make sustainability fun, not preachy. Another artist runs workshops on 'conscious shitting' to explore what we think about waste.
- Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein
- Artists
- hot pink
- Toilet colour
- Kandos
- Festival location
- 6 litres
- Water saved per flush
Why it mattersShows a practical, working alternative to water-intensive toilets while making environmental action engaging rather than earnest.
AustraliaNSW art festival showcases a water-saving composting toilet design that could inspire similar installations across Australia.
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