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Who the #&$%! is "WATERMELON MAN"???
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aldershot



Joined: 17 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

really, c'mon, the guy's pretty funny. artists, wherever they go, seek a reaction. the non-reaction of the koreans is still a reaction. i think it's a pretty good test: act as much like a nutter as possible and see the effect. in this case, pretty much no effect. which IS an effect, no?
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seoulkitchen



Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

joyfulgirl wrote:
his name is frank. i met him once, he seemed like a nice guy. incredibly soft spoken and sweet. he was walking around a bar i was in, doing another performance, with chains being pulled, not watermelons on his head.


I agree, he is one of the nicest guys I've ever met here. His performances are quite the opposite of his personality.
I like what he does and I hope he'll keep on doing it.

Performance art is like any other art, you either get it or ya don't.
If ya don't get it (I've seen plenty I didn't get) hopefully it'll help you to bend your mind around other things that you don't get and give you new perspectives on things, see things in a way you never thought of before. Sometimes that's the only point of a performance, to try to open you up a little more, crack the shell shielding your mind, and sometimes it's just all in good fun to give ya a laugh.
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aldershot wrote:
really, c'mon, the guy's pretty funny. artists, wherever they go, seek a reaction. the non-reaction of the koreans is still a reaction. i think it's a pretty good test: act as much like a nutter as possible and see the effect.

Nothing against "Frank" personally, but I've been doing just that for half my life, and you don't see me calling it "art". Hell, maybe I should, though. The only difference I can see is, people usually laugh, not fetch the police. Oh yeah, and I don't have somebody film me. I think that's key. But those are small hurdles I'm sure I can overcome.
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indytrucks



Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aldershot wrote:
really, c'mon, the guy's pretty funny. artists, wherever they go, seek a reaction. the non-reaction of the koreans is still a reaction. i think it's a pretty good test: act as much like a nutter as possible and see the effect. in this case, pretty much no effect. which IS an effect, no?




These are the same people who did flash mobs. Lame.

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act as much like a nutter as possible and see the effect.


Well, if a night at the local pojangmacha and too much soju qualifies me as a performance artist, move over Watermelon Man. There's a new kid in town.
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billybrobby



Joined: 09 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

where is that place?


...i'm not gonna say the guy shouldn't do that, but I just don't think the end result justified the stupidness of his antics. and it just kinda makes me embarrassed.
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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm gonna say the guy shouldn't do that, because it's annoying.
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Billy Pilgrim



Joined: 08 Sep 2004

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Art is created, and then the audience is free to interpret it if, when and how they want.

It is not screamed in their face while they are out doing other things.
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endo



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home

PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I loved it.

I'm not big into the Art scene, but I totally got it. It was so strange and interesting at the same time.



I would of loved to have heard the Koreans explain that situation to their friends the next day.
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Futooomsh



Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very strangie...
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