It has been in place for only a few weeks, but "Don't Miss a Sec.," a contemporary art installation that is in essence a mirrored outhouse on a construction site near the Thames, has been raising heated, even violent emotions. While it may provide a fine opportunity to indulge in voyeurism and exhibitionism at the same time - like going to the bathroom in the bushes, if the bushes were in the middle of the street - in reality the experience is proving prohibitively unnerving to some.
"I'd worry that there's an act of subterfuge," said Martin Dukes, as he agonized over whether to go inside. "You flush the loo and suddenly the mirror is reversed and everyone can see in." He decided against it.