Pretentious bollocksPossibly the worst event I ever went to was an evening of turntablists in London. The lights went down, the first guy put a cymbal onto a turntable, dropped the needle on it and left it making screeching noises for ten minutes.
When the lights came up, half the audience had snuck out.
What's the most pretentious rubbish you've ever been to see in the name of art?
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chthonic, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:19)
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KIAD lecturerWent to Kent Institute of Art & Design about 4 or 5 years ago to study 3D Design. Had to sit in with the Foundation Art Students for the first 6 weeks. Amoungst such activities as painting a picture of a completely white still life using colour (WTF?), we had a weekly 'tutorial' with the resident ponsy artist chap.
He showed us a lot of his 'work', but one particular piece caused my usual timid refrained self to spark up and comment. It was a simple lightbulb, which he had painted black, and scratched his initials into it on the glass.
My brain was struggling to comprehend this 'art' of his, so during his description of his piece, and its meaning and representation, me, being innocent and having the slightest amount of common sense, blurted out with complete distain: "How is that art? Surely it must have taken about 5 minutes to make. Anyone can do that". There was one of those tense movie-style silences, during which he just stared at me, before replying, in all seriousness: "That took me 15 years". I just shrugged me shoulders, muttered quietly "....o..kay...", and sat there sniggering for the rest of the tutorial, watching his rage increase.
If some gullable tosser bought it from him, and he made some money, then fair play tho.
(, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 15:49, Reply)
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