tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post4176746308310523660..comments2023-06-17T02:52:01.427-07:00Comments on The Blog of Kells: its just sick is all it is....tommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873825388294932594noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post-67144251920327487292008-05-02T03:18:00.000-07:002008-05-02T03:18:00.000-07:00Hiya, I signed the petition, and scanned a bit the...Hiya, I signed the petition, and scanned a bit the internet afterwords. I found a site saying that this second exhibition is a hoax...<BR/>Luckely. <BR/><BR/>http://thepetextraordinarium.blogspot.com/2008/03/starving-dog-exhibit-reported-as-hoax.html<BR/><BR/>They say the first exhib was a stunt and the dog did not die. But is still seems very wrong to me.<BR/>Joke (Belgian Brendan-crew)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post-41749561853892580232008-04-26T00:51:00.000-07:002008-04-26T00:51:00.000-07:00Yes, this seems quite absurd. The whole point of ...Yes, this seems quite absurd. The whole point of art is that you convey your opinions or feelings in a way that doesn't directly hurt anything; through painting or film or music or whatever. This seems needlessly cruel.William Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12006128869221957444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post-91067306079919109942008-04-25T17:14:00.000-07:002008-04-25T17:14:00.000-07:00This is just a typical case of an artist manipulat...This is just a typical case of an artist manipulating people's emotions and actions in order to make a point. I'll bet the artist is going to make a statement soon saying that the "actual" artwork wasn't the dog (which did not actually starve), but the amount of people who signed that petition which you linked to.<BR/><BR/>Establishment artists today are just practical jokers, the main difference being that they take themselves more seriously and use fancy words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post-55434806704248426982008-04-24T17:31:00.000-07:002008-04-24T17:31:00.000-07:00Some more info from Snopes:http://www.snopes.com/c...Some more info from Snopes:<BR/><BR/>http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/vargas.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20162985.post-5657100597200310072008-04-23T08:40:00.000-07:002008-04-23T08:40:00.000-07:00I just saw that, it's extremely shocking!!! So I t...I just saw that, it's extremely shocking!!! So I tried to look for explanations and to understand:<BR/><BR/>In a way, the message and the metaphor are very strong and clear, but we can and have to say we don't want that to happen.<BR/><BR/>Did Guillermo Vargas Habacuc killed the dog or did the people let him die? <BR/>Did the dog really died? Did the museum let this animal suffer. Are we sure of it?<BR/>Because, it's not the same story according to everybody. The gallerist said the animal was fed and didn't die. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<BR/>Guillermo_Vargas). So I don't know about that, but our reaction has to be the same, anyway. <BR/>I'm not defending this action at all if the animal really died, I am thinking "why"and also we've got too few informations about this exhibition.<BR/><BR/>Also the artist wrote this with dogfood in the same room as the dog (just above): "Eres lo que lees"="you are what you read".<BR/>So, I think the artist himself expect visitors to have a reaction.<BR/>Why no visitor gave him some of the food just above?<BR/>Why nobody just cut the leash and let him escape? <BR/>Why everybody was just standing there, doing nothing? Watching...<BR/>What were they afraid of? It wasn't a lion or a dangerous beast. Were they afraid to be kicked out of the museum? Waaooow...Scary!<BR/>I don't know if this action was an hoax just to get people talk about it or not. But the question I'm asking myself is who is obviously crazy and criminal? The visitors, right?<BR/><BR/>What the artist (who is also a terrorist) probably wants to yell at us is we are Watchers!<BR/>Are we not watching life and all what is happening, like we are watching TV? And are we thinking then? Are we doing something to change that?<BR/>Here is what is shocking me, now...<BR/><BR/>So maybe we could suggest to this guy to tie up Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé's boss), instead of a dog in his next exhibition.<BR/>Have a look to a part of the documentary "We feed the World", if you want to understand a bit more:<BR/>http://www.dailymotion.com/<BR/>relevance/search/feed%2Bthe%2Bworld<BR/>/video/x4yb97_documentaire-we-feed<BR/>-the-world-le-m_news<BR/><BR/>So there is a lot to think about, I guess, and that is not only about a dog. <BR/>Well...That's a pretty long and unexpected comment, I suppose. I don't want to offend or make anyone angry. I thought that'd be interesting to develop this other point of view. I love animals too, and I don't want the dog to die, of course. Nobody wants. <BR/>I hope some readers will understand what I tried to explain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com