WTF - Mouse Droppings? (800 hits)
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Submitted by Anjie <anjiekristeena.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2003-10-10 11:52:28 EDT
I ran across this article this morning and as I was reading there was a recurring phrase running thru my head....WTF?!?!?! What kinds of people spend money on "shit" like this? Even though this is in Canada, I have to guess that most people there don't want to spend public money on this either.
Mouse-dropping art pooh-poohed
Reuters News Service
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A Canadian art jeweler who gilds her work with mouse droppings, toenail clippings, dead insects and pubic hair has fanned a debate in her Prairie city about the nature and funding of art.
Winnipeg artist Aliza Amihude found herself at the center of controversy when she received a C$5,000 ($3,760) grant from a provincial funding agency to help defray costs for her collection of jewelry, made mainly from natural materials.
The Manitoba Arts Council grant was panned in letters to the editor of a local newspaper and made waves in the provincial legislature, where one politician called Amihude's "public pubic" work offensive.
"It is a pure waste of taxpayers' money, yet it is out there on public display, no doubt available for children to see," the Conservative Party's culture critic, Mavis Taillieu, said during debate.
Amihude said she delights in sparking discussion about art, but is surprised at the strong reaction to her work.
"They're just aghast at pubic hair, like they've never seen pubic hair in their lives," Amihude, 37, told Reuters.
Amihude's show includes a choker necklace made from a transparent vinyl tube stuffed with mouse droppings and a bracelet made from her fingernail and toenail clippings.
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Submitted by Natophelia (user info) at 2003-11-19 11:53:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hehe I like the picture.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2003-10-10 11:54:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Bah! Those people in the middle of our country have too much time on their hands and give us all a bad name by playing with crap and then boasting about it.