Design
The Hidden Art of Dive Bar Bathrooms
"A multitude of intermixed colors that provide a visually stunning experience."
It's been a graffiti-filled fall for New Yorkers. First came Banksy's month-long residency, then disappointment over the destruction of 5Pointz in Queens. Now, the city's graffiti celebration has made it full circle, all the way back to that original spot for urban scrawl: toilet stalls.
Inspired by Ian MacAllen's Tumblr "Toilets of New York," filmmakers Brandon Bloch and Tim Sessler turned their camera on bar bathrooms in Williamsburg and Bushwick. Sessler told the New York Observer that the pair wanted to bring attention to art that's often overlooked in everyday life. “Bathroom graffiti often accumulates layer upon layer, leaving behind a multitude of intermixed colors that provide a visually stunning experience,” he explained.