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seonsengnimble



Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:39 am    Post subject: Umm.... What??? Reply with quote
Rape Tunnel

http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/the-rape-tunnel-by-sheila-zareno/

I have never claimed to have a great understanding of modern art or performance art, but this seems absurd.
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You don't need to understand it. It's art and complete [Mod Edit].

I don't really know how to answer to this piece, other than another 'ugh'.
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sqrlnutz123



Joined: 15 Jun 2009
Location: South Korea
PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
According to this article it's a hoax.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/09/artlurker_explains_rape_tunnel.php

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By publishing The Rape Tunnel our intention was to spark conversation on the state of art for a few hours with coverage of an entirely fake art project...
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seonsengnimble



Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
sqrlnutz123 wrote:
According to this article it's a hoax.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/09/artlurker_explains_rape_tunnel.php

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By publishing The Rape Tunnel our intention was to spark conversation on the state of art for a few hours with coverage of an entirely fake art project...


weak
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xingyiman



Joined: 12 Jan 2006
PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this guy should get the lion's share of federal taxpayer dollars for his work.
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
xingyiman wrote:
I think this guy should get the lion's share of federal taxpayer dollars for his work.


He doesn't exist. It was a hoax by the website that earned them 50'000 hits. Not a bad ploy considering the crazy **** some artists have done. It's not entirely unbelievable.
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thomas pars



Joined: 29 Jan 2009
PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah a hoax but a good one. too bad. that would have been one really interesting and provocative piece.
http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5x7.htm
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