Reuters: Oddly Enough: Artist uses toilet humor to protest Cyprus bailout

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Artist uses toilet humor to protest Cyprus bailout Jun 10th 2013, 13:31 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News RPT-Ukrainian court freezes shares of two Cyprus bank units Wed, Jun 5 2013 Cyprus central bank sees 'substantial' risks to economy Wed, May 22 2013 Risks for Cyprus are 'unusually high', adoption of austerity plan imperative: IMF Fri, May 17 2013 Insight: Bank documents portray Cyprus as Russia's favorite haven Wed, May 15 2013 Analysis & Opinion How capital controls are prolonging Cypriots’ pain Related Topics Oddly Enough » Lifestyle » Mock toilets are placed outside the island's central bank in the capital Nicosia June 10, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Andreas Manolis NICOSIA | Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:31am EDT NICOSIA (Reuters) - A Cypriot artist found a novel way to protest over Cyprus's financial meltdown on Monday, lining up 20 sculptures resembling a cross between toilets and tombstones outside the island's Central Bank. Arranged in two rows on a pavement outside the building, the white "toilets" made of concrete and plaster caused traffic to slow down along a busy Nicosia avenue, with many drivers honking their horns in approval. From the rear, the "toilets" looked like headstones. "I felt the need to protest the situation my country is in ... and I think the choice of toilets has a pretty clear symbolism to everyone," artist Andreas Efstathiou told Reuters. Cyprus was forced to close a major bank and seize savings at a second in March to salvage the island's banking sector and secure 10 billion euros in aid from international lenders. Thousands of people lost their life savings. Efstathiou, who has been working on the design for two months, said that although Cyprus's recent financial woes were partly down to mistakes made by commercial banks, he chose the independent central bank for its symbolic value. Central bank spokeswoman Aliki Stylianou said artists were free to express themselves, but declined to comment on the specific choice made by Efstathiou. (Writing By Michele Kambas; editing by Mike Collett-White) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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