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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I'm in a performance art classAnd for the most part it's great: you do little performances in class based on a prompt (use words or a prop or a partner or tape yourself etc) and a good time is had by all.... until it's time for the final performance wherein we (up to 20 kids last quarter) take over two whole art rooms and the performances now seem to be wildly out of context and being viewed by strangers in a strange setting.
Room 1: The exhibition room. Everyone is doing their own thing all at the same time, kind of like living sculpture. There's also a small food line. Imagine having to eat while a guy is being "stabbed" (I was slashing his clothes off with a boxcutter for 15 mins) and another is being written on with molten crayon wax. At least one person has described it thusly: "it was like I was in hell!"
Room 2: Performance room. Performances are done one at a time. I've doused myself in "blood", a girl dragged herself across the floor while a guy held onto her waist, a guy served as a human bridge for his partner, and a lot of people were tied up in bags. The most imfamous thing that I've seen so far is a guy who raped a computer tower with a zucchini (yes you read that right); the veggie broke midway through the performance!
Art students? Pretentious? Absolutely not!
(, Thu 29 Sep 2005, 2:05, Reply)
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