2018
EXHIBITION
Unrestrooms, an unfinished survey of gender and public space was an exhibition of recent architectural investigations of the gendered space of the public restroom. It opened in March 2018 at Front/Space, a noncommercial storefront gallery in the Crossroads district of Kansas City, MO. The exhibition was curated by Bad Little Brother (Ben Barsotti Scott and Julie Shapiro) and featured a site-specific installation that rendered the standard dimensions of public toilet stalls in outrageous, glittering tinsel. Projects were solicited through an open call. The exhibition was organized into three themes: “Queering Architectural Type,” “Rest and Unrest,” and “Can ‘Tactical Urbanism’ be Queered?” The exhibition included a reading room with resources on gender in architecture, case studies in public restroom design, and information on local LGBTQIA+ resources.
On March 31st, 2018, Bad Little Brother and Front/Space partnered with the Kansas City Center for Inclusion to present a panel discussion on inclusive restroom design. The panel brought together local architects and activists to discuss recent developments in inclusive restroom design, with a particular focus on ensuring access among trans and gender non-conforming users.
In conjunction with Unrestrooms, Bad Little Brother self-published our 2018 interview with Jordan Martins, executive director of Comfort Station Logan Square, an arts organization housed in a former public restroom featured in the exhibition. You can read the interview here.
Press: “At An Exhibit in Kansas City, Designers Begin Solving America’s Public Bathroom Problem” (KCUR)
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