{"id":125199,"date":"2025-05-23T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125199\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:10:10","slug":"rest-in-p-birmingham-pub-unveils-new-memorial-in-its-toilets-with-names-you-can-wee-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125199\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rest in p***&#8217; &#8211; Birmingham pub unveils new &#8216;memorial&#8217; in its toilets with names you can wee on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anchor in Digbeth has an all-new urinal with 100 names on<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_rest-in-piss-1jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"The Foka Wolf epitaph in The Anchor\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The Foka Wolf epitaph in The Anchor(Image: Foka Wolf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Birmingham pub has installed a new artwork in its urinal and is inviting customers to wee on all of the names etched on to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Anchor on Bradford Street in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/digbeth\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Digbeth<\/a> has installed the new toilet feature designed by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> artist Foka Wolf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Foka Wolf said that the unique urinal features the names of &#8220;the top 100 CEOs of weapons and defence companies around the world&#8221; along with a cutting phrase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/restaurant-backed-drake-usher-samuel-31697972\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Restaurant backed by Drake, Usher and Samuel L Jackson to open in BirminghamLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Restaurant backed by Drake, Usher and Samuel L Jackson to open in Birmingham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/230101373912847\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/230101373912847\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the Brum Food ClubLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to the Brum Food Club<\/a> for a weekly food and drink newsletter, in your inbox, every Thursday. It&#8217;s free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It reads: &#8220;May the cowards who profit off misery, genocide and murder rest in p*** for all eternity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Foka Wolf added that the epitaph will stay in place permanently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The creator, known for their subversive street signs, has seen their work go viral a number of times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The urinal is an &#8216;interactive&#8217; installation and sits across the back wall of the urinal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Foka Wolf told BirminghamLive: &#8220;I&#8217;ve had the idea to create an epitaph that you p*** up for a long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It&#8217;s one of those ideas that I keep to myself for my own amusement. Then with all of the complete darkness that&#8217;s going on at the moment (weapons companies testing out new tech and using up out of date explosives on civilians) I thought &#8216;hey, perfect&#8217;, the military industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It fits perfectly as they are an easy target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Usually epitaphs are used to remember the war dead, but now we&#8217;re remembering the people that put them there and profit from it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;P***ing on an epitaph is morally wrong, but in comparison to what these rats are doing it&#8217;s nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Asked why they chose The Anchor for the installation, the artist said: &#8220;I picked The Anchor as its the best pub in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It has a great community of artists that frequent it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Julian Rose-Gibbs, who runs The Anchor, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re big fans of Foka Wolf we have a number of art installations around the venue and fully support the movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;As for his latest piece &#8211; anyone who profits from death deserves to rest in p***.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone who wishes to engage in the interactive artwork is invited to visit The Anchor at 308 Bradford Street, B5 6ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anchor in Digbeth has an all-new urinal with 100 names onThe Foka Wolf epitaph in The Anchor(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,10845,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-125199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-pubs-and-bars","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114557080296921011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}