Art Student Masturbates in Class for Final Project

[create_destiny]

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 chico_peeps

Comments

[-reprimanda-.livejournal.com]

that is fucking disgusting... no one likes to see that... ugh.

[angry-man.livejournal.com]

Some people are just desperate for attention.

[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.

[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.

[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.

What I want to know

[joeyouknow.livejournal.com]

What grade did he get? Did neatness count?

[rakish.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to take a whack at art.