August 19, 2006: Naked woman hugs dead pig in performance art (NSFW)

Undertoad · 08-19-2006, 09:27 AM

I know a little about art, and I certainly know what I like and don't like, and I've decided I don't like this. Don't agree with any part of it. Apparently this went off last night.

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Controversial Irish performance artist Kira O’Reilly will invite one person at a time to watch her sit in a specially-constructed set and perform a 'crushing slow dance' with the carcass in her arms.

She claims the bizarre exhibition is an attempt to 'identify' with the pig, which she cuts with a knife during the show.

Visitors to the Newlyn Art Gallery in Newlyn, Cornwall - funded by taxpayers and the lottery - will be allowed to watch her for ten minutes. The gallery has defended its decision to stage the one-off show, but animal rights campaigners have labelled the performance 'sick'.

This may in fact be the time I fully agree with PETA, who are pissed.

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On the Tract Live Art Web site, O'Reilly is quoted as saying that when she first started working with a dead pig she began making "fiercely tender and ferocious identifications with the pig."

"The work left me with an undercurrent of pigginess, unexpected fantasies of mergence and interspecies metamorphoses began to flicker into my consciousness," she said.

Sure. It's more "artistic" if you describe the work in strange and difficult words, because if people don't understand exactly what you mean, they bring their own interpretations to it.

My own interpretation: it's crap.

full story in Daily Mail

Griff · 08-19-2006, 09:32 AM

Is it cheaper to subsidize their art than to house them under Wolf"s care?

footfootfoot · 08-19-2006, 09:34 AM

, Griff. Not piglady

Spexxvet · 08-19-2006, 10:10 AM

A couple of questions:

How many performances before it (and she) start to smell like pork gone bad?

Who gets the bacon?

Why doesn't she have an apple in her mouth? Now THAT would be art!

What the fuck is the swan looking at?

Just curious.

Elspode · 08-19-2006, 10:18 AM

I think she's missing a great chance to make a real artistic statement by just taking a big dump in the middle of the bed, then wallowing in it along with the dead pig. Now *that's* real piggishness. Slacker bitch.

footfootfoot · 08-19-2006, 10:30 AM

the swann is looking at her boobs.

richlevy · 08-19-2006, 10:35 AM

subtitle: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

Griff · 08-19-2006, 10:55 AM

You nailed it Rich. That photo with that caption should be the fifth result when you google Las Vegas.

milkfish · 08-19-2006, 11:48 AM

Well, to be fair, the pig's the one that started it.

Trilby · 08-19-2006, 12:06 PM

I read that *ahem* artists statement about "mergence and interspecies metamorphoses" but what I think she meant was "bestial necrophilia"

Clodfobble · 08-19-2006, 12:55 PM

Am I seeing things, or does she have two nipple rings? The pig ought to have one in his nose, to reinforce her "undercurrent of pigginess."

footfootfoot · 08-19-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I read that *ahem* artists statement about "mergence and interspecies metamorphoses" but what I think she meant was "bestial necrophilia"

We could call her a sadistic bestial necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.

:rimshot:

9th Engineer · 08-19-2006, 02:12 PM

ewwwwwwwww.

I wonder how much money it would take to bribe a famous modern artist to shit in a jar, make up some background story, and pass it off as art. On a plus note, it must be a huge ego boost to see people fawning over and praising your shit.

dar512 · 08-19-2006, 02:33 PM

That is one sad sick little critter. And the pig doesn't look so good either.

Pangloss62 · 08-19-2006, 02:36 PM

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strange and difficult words

Not really. Just an arrogant and self-concious use of English to give the "impression" of sophistication. "Mergence?" That's just awful.

08-19-2006, 09:32 AM	#2
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08-19-2006, 09:34 AM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	, Griff. Not piglady __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-19-2006, 10:10 AM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	A couple of questions: How many performances before it (and she) start to smell like pork gone bad? Who gets the bacon? Why doesn't she have an apple in her mouth? Now THAT would be art! What the fuck is the swan looking at? Just curious. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-19-2006, 10:18 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I think she's missing a great chance to make a real artistic statement by just taking a big dump in the middle of the bed, then wallowing in it along with the dead pig. Now that's real piggishness. Slacker bitch. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-19-2006, 10:30 AM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	the swann is looking at her boobs. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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08-19-2006, 11:48 AM	#9
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Well, to be fair, the pig's the one that started it. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

08-19-2006, 12:06 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I read that ahem artists statement about "mergence and interspecies metamorphoses" but what I think she meant was "bestial necrophilia" __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Am I seeing things, or does she have two nipple rings? The pig ought to have one in his nose, to reinforce her "undercurrent of pigginess."

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9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	ewwwwwwwww. I wonder how much money it would take to bribe a famous modern artist to shit in a jar, make up some background story, and pass it off as art. On a plus note, it must be a huge ego boost to see people fawning over and praising your shit. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

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dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	That is one sad sick little critter. And the pig doesn't look so good either. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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