The performance, entitled "Death as Metamorphosis," was to take place next week in a small theatre in the Spandau district of Berlin. Accompanied by funeral music and a gong, the artist was going to strangle two puppies with cable ties after a brief meditation.
The provocative piece was meant to highlight the plight of sled dogs in Alaska and hunting dogs in Spain, which are said to be killed in the same way once they can no longer work. The artist's planned performance was influenced by "traditional Thai art forms."
The Berlin administrative court stopped the show from going ahead on Friday, saying that animal protection laws forbid an animal from being harmed in any way in a show. The artist had argued that Germany's constitution "unconditionally guarantees artistic freedom."
4 comments:
Why not put the cable ties on the artist's neck so he can give his life for his art?
Wow. Hitler comment. Factually inaccurate and really quite unpleasant.
I had to go to Germany to give a lecture recently and I'd sooner move to Germany than the USA these days. It's pretty damned sweet (even though I was staying in a bit we bombed flat during the war (ahem)). As for the performance artist.. get a dog to chew off his nads or something, that'd make everyone happy.
Yeah, because the Krauts have never done anything bad to anybody. Like, oh... invade Belgium. Twice.
And if the EU keeps needling them about propping up the commies in Greece, they'll likely resort to the The Panzer Option there, as well. I'll be cheering them on this time, though.
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