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So, a friend of mine is working on his bachelors of fine arts at Chico State. He told me about another student, who, for his final project in a sculpture class yesterday did the following: covered all the windows in the classroom with paper, cut small peepholes into the paper and told the entire class to go outside and look in through the windows to see his final project. The class left the room and assembled outside, looked through the windows and saw this student hanging upside down (by gravity boots), naked and MASTURBATING. This was his final project. What bearing it has on the art of sculpture, I have no idea.

x-posted in [livejournal.com profile] chico_peeps

Date: 2005-12-17 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] -reprimanda-.livejournal.com
that is fucking disgusting... no one likes to see that... ugh.

Date: 2005-12-17 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robin-rule.livejournal.com
i think if he warned people that his thesis was masturbation, then people would have the choice to watch or not watch before he started. personally, i like to watch. and i'll bet alot of you do too, but yr just ashamed to admit it. what the heck is wrong with it anyway? (under my conditions, and even if there weren't conditions, you could just walk away once you realized what was going on, you know.)you could just walk away...

Date: 2005-12-17 06:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com
From what I was told, people were not warned before hand. If this should make local news, I'll post a follow up.

Date: 2005-12-17 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robin-rule.livejournal.com
heh heh

too young people just too young to remember the 60s...

hey did you get my message:
you gimme address: i send christmas present. easy? sure. i will even keep my clothes on

heh heh

course now adays thats a blessing.

Date: 2005-12-17 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dietcokehed.livejournal.com
I agree he should have warned there would be "graphic nature".

Perhaps the final was a study in moving sculpture?

Date: 2006-03-01 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aphiddavid.livejournal.com
That is disgusting. Where is this peep-show class? I want to join. Someone should have taped his masterpiece. You people will laugh, but this sort of art pays really well.

Date: 2005-12-17 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angry-man.livejournal.com
Some people are just desperate for attention.

Date: 2005-12-17 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anodyne19148.livejournal.com
It really sucks, but that would be performance art in many places and people would pay money to see that like they paid to see Karen Finley stick yams up her butt in the '80s. That crap is the bullshit of the art world.

Date: 2005-12-17 04:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com
I think it's lame when artists do something ultra shocking/offensive just to get their name known.

Date: 2005-12-20 07:56 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-12-17 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygolonac.livejournal.com
Hmm. That seems like it would produce some logistical problems when he reached orgasm.

Or maybe watching his jizm landing on his face is part of the art. Heck if I know.

Date: 2005-12-17 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dietcokehed.livejournal.com
Ew. Jizz up the nizzose...

Date: 2005-12-17 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] langatmig.livejournal.com
That reminds me of that famous "Seedbed" by Vito Acconci... although that was a phenomenon that took place almost entirely in the mind of the viewer, because they couldn't actually see him, only hear him. That's pretty crazy, though. I'd be interested to hear what his meaning/reasoning was behind that.

Date: 2005-12-17 02:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com
Yeah, my friend mentioned this guy, too.

Date: 2005-12-17 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] langatmig.livejournal.com
There was just a lady in NYC who re-performed this in a succession of other performances. I forget her name offhand... Abramovic I think? Anyway, interesting nonetheless. Brings that whooooole 'what is art' debate back up, doesn't it. Haha.

What I want to know

Date: 2005-12-17 02:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joeyouknow.livejournal.com
What grade did he get? Did neatness count?

Re: What I want to know

Date: 2005-12-17 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com
I don't know what grade he got. I'll keep you posted.

Date: 2005-12-17 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rakish.livejournal.com
I've always wanted to take a whack at art.

Date: 2005-12-17 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com
Hah! Funny...

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