Following the recent news of artist Guillermo Vargas' "installation" of a starving dog, a German artist, Gregor Schneider, is now publicly seeking a volunteer to die while on display. CBC
yes yes. in the last year, i've heard of more nutty germans wanting to do horrible things to themselves (or others) in the name of art, including a video of a german artist piercing himself several times over w/ a surgical needle and chromic catgut, and then urinating all over himself.
What about the German guy who put an ad in the paper to eat somebody - then someone took him up on it and the dude ate the other guy alive over the course of a few days - WTF germany? Seriously, WTF?
bravo! someone's gotta push the limits of what we consider sane/insane art/rubbish. as long as the person getting eaten/killed/whatever is a consenting adult, then i say go for it.
in the case of the dog, i'm not so sure. a dog of course cannot consent to anything. on the other hand, there are many many maaaaaaany stray dogs around the world that die every day and nobody cares. the shelters are full of dogs looking for a home and nobody cares. now that an artist wants to use a dog in an "installation" all of a sudden everyone is up in arms: "my god, how could he do that!? save the dog!"
personally, i do think it's horrible, but i don't think it's worth investing the energy. there are much more important things to get upset about these days.
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Hmm. Can we get the first guy to starve himself instead?
yes yes. in the last year, i've heard of more nutty germans wanting to do horrible things to themselves (or others) in the name of art, including a video of a german artist piercing himself several times over w/ a surgical needle and chromic catgut, and then urinating all over himself.
kinda makes armin meiwes look like a saint...
Oh good, because the first guy's idea wasn't terrible enough, so the second guy has to go that extra distance, doesn't he.....
What about the German guy who put an ad in the paper to eat somebody - then someone took him up on it and the dude ate the other guy alive over the course of a few days - WTF germany? Seriously, WTF?
ep, that's arwin miewes
Yeah, WTF?
Those zany germans!
bravo! someone's gotta push the limits of what we consider sane/insane art/rubbish. as long as the person getting eaten/killed/whatever is a consenting adult, then i say go for it.
in the case of the dog, i'm not so sure. a dog of course cannot consent to anything. on the other hand, there are many many maaaaaaany stray dogs around the world that die every day and nobody cares. the shelters are full of dogs looking for a home and nobody cares. now that an artist wants to use a dog in an "installation" all of a sudden everyone is up in arms: "my god, how could he do that!? save the dog!"
personally, i do think it's horrible, but i don't think it's worth investing the energy. there are much more important things to get upset about these days.
i always thought that War as the Art of Death...no artist can beat that...
if gregor thinks his art is relevant, he should volunteer...silly...makes me sad...
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