yale’s “art” student
found an interesting article in the yale daily news today. it might not fit the general theme of japundit, but it certainly will tap your wtf tolerance for the day.
apparently creating hoax videos of amatuer “drug” induced miscarriages combined with what is most likely congealed menstrual blood (mixed with saline) smeared on paper wrapped around a cube frame constitutes art in america’s ivy league schools these days.
what i find humorous is the defense of the piece by yale, who call the story behind the work a piece of “performance art.” funny how no one made mention of that to anyone until the news broke online. it seems the faculty of the school were willing to let students, campus groups, and the general public believe that this display was factual, even not letting the school newspaper in on the deal until the story reached the public and the shit hit the fan.
apparently part of the effect or message (the message i took away: some people in arts college are really disgusting people with no artistic talent that belong in a mental hospital) could only be achieved by letting people believe it was real, or more like the student was just a publicity whore and the school was acting as her pimp, stirring up controversy for recognition.
even more pathetic is the likely outcome of the matter. the controversy will achieve the designers’ aim and the girl will become a famous (i refuse to say artist here) and live the high life by selling her work to rich douchebags who have no sense of taste and want to have something “edgey.”
oh well
Sure, the piece is in poor taste. But frankly I’m more annoyed by shrill overreactions like this post.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pmthe message i took away: some people in arts college are really disgusting people with no artistic talent that belong in a mental hospital)
LOL, great point
April 18th, 2008 at 9:15 pmI agree, giving this idiot any more publicity is not needed. That said, I’m glad I’m out of the higher education system. Some of it is wonderful, but frankly, there are severely sick (mentally) people in the acadmia field.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:36 am@amake
Agreed.
This was an elaborate, and effective troll. People are getting really up in arms about it as if it really happened, but it didn’t. People fell for it, hook, line, and sinker.
Also, what does this have to do with Japan?
April 19th, 2008 at 2:35 amwhat was the shrill overreation in the post amake? do you even know what the word shrill means?
April 19th, 2008 at 3:09 amWhy yes I do. And while your post obviously wasn’t literally shrill, as it wasn’t spoken, it made me think of, say, Mrs. Lovejoy from The Simpsons crying (shrilly) “Won’t somebody please think of the children!?”
The overreaction? Your over-the-top condemnation of an insignificant incident that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this blog. On top of that you completely played into the artist’s hands. Art is (often intended to be) provocative (especially when made by art students looking for attention). This was a publicity stunt. It’s the same thing as that Jesus painting made of feces; it was meant to get you riled up. Well it certainly worked, didn’t it?
April 19th, 2008 at 8:27 pm