house-sized inflatable american dog sh*t terrorizes switzerland
1. this is for serious.
2. really though, I’m not kidding, the Guardian says so.
3. nothing I can say or show you could possibly adequately invoke the sheer terror that this event must have inflicted on the swiss.
here is the article:
Giant dog turd wreaks havoc at Swiss museum
A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCarthy was blown from its moorings at a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a window before landing in the grounds of a children’s home.
The exhibit, entitled Complex Shit, is the size of a house. It has a safety system that is supposed to deflate it in bad weather, but it did not work on this occasion.
Juri Steiner, the director of the Paul Klee centre, in Berne, told AFP that a sudden gust of wind carried it 200 metres before it fell to the ground, breaking a window of the children’s home. The accident happened on July 31, but the details only emerged yesterday.
Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece (pictured here) would be put back on display.
The installation is part of an exhibition called East of Eden: A Garden Show, which features sound sculptures in trees and a football ground without goalposts. The exhibition opened in May and is due to run until October.
The centre’s website describes the show as containing “interweaving, diverse, not to say conflictive emphases and a broad spectrum of items to form a dynamic exchange of parallel and self-eclipsing spatial and temporal zones”.
Tuesday August 12 2008 11:49 BST
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The best part is that it’s an American piece of shit.
in so many more ways than one, dear-rick
The exhibit, entitled Complex Shit, is the size of a house. It has a safety system that is supposed to deflate it in bad weather, but it did not work on this occasion.
So, it hit the fan, then.
Love McCarthy.
The thought of this breaking a window on a childrens’ home (as in for orphans!?) has just got…me…in…tears (of laughter).
Unko!!
(Japanese for poo and good luck)
this turd is rather american tis true, it represents their pathetic attidudes on rascism, elitism, stupidity, war mongering etcetera.
Looks like someone who had been at Chili Fest.
This piece shows us how insignificant we are
Yeah, I didnt get that out of it Katy (hah).. but I have to agree w/ Meredith.. Just like everyother attempt American has made in supposedly “helping” another country..
n_n
Boo America…whatever. wankers. sheep.
why ever is this thread so popular all of a sudden… I posted this over the summer…
i think it’s stupid shit too, but i wouldn’t condemn americans for it. after all, who commissioned and exhibited this shit?
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YAY AMERICA!!!!!
i see the face of Bush bottom left…
Oh my! Is it scratch & sniff?
Lol, a load of crap really!
Don’t be angry because yet again America shows it’s dominance by shitting on you.
Shit happens!