Friday, April 22, 2005

Garbage art

From Ananova:

A woman has given birth as part of an exhibition in a German art gallery in front of dozens of spectators.

Ramune Gele, 27, gave birth to her first child, a healthy baby girl named Audra, in the DNA art gallery in the capital Berlin.

The father, 29-year-old musician Winfried Witt, who said before the birth "it's a gift to humanity, a once in a lifetime thing", called the experience "an existential work of art".

Johann Novak, manager of the gallery, said the couple wanted to challenge conventional norms.

"It's a bit of test to see if society can cope," he said.

Yup....who cares if he is risking the life of his wife and the baby. What if the baby didn't breathe, or the mom had a post partum hemorrhage? Who cares about safety, this is art we're talking about....not...

And do you want to bet that the artist didn't clean up afterward?

Artists are into "Existential works of art"...they aren't into cleaning up messes....


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