The News Today
I just saw a piece of news and it was just insane what the world's coming to nowadays? it's about an artist who starved a dog for arts-sake. the most absurd thing I've heard. Charmaine will be damn sad if she hears this!! =@
here's the exerpt from the site:
"Last year in Nicaragua, a country with absolutely no animal protection laws, Vargas Habacuc paid two children to capture a stray dog from the streets. He then tied the dog to the walls of an art gallery, where it was denied food and water. The dog suffered in agony as visitors of the exhibition looked on. It allegedly died after several days.
The artist claimed he was revealing human hypocrisy, saying that people walk past stray, starving dogs without noticing, and only become concerned when one dog is made an example of. I admit that I could not agree more with this view. I have always marveled at how disconnected people are with animal suffering until they are confronted with it head on, as with Michael Vick and his dog fighting scandal. But to purposely abuse a dog in this manner is beyond vile.
News of this spread rapidly throughout the world, and a petition was set up in protest because the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central American decided that the "installation" was actually art, and Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008. Apparently there are around two million signatures. If you would like to sign the petition click here. http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html"
somehow I too agree with the quote in yellow. but then again, if I was a visitor to the art gallery, how do I know the dog is starving or not? I mean I think I would think it's the art gallery owner's dog or guard dog or something..=/ but wah, the news is shocking. the stupid thing is they actually want to repeat the act? crazy lah. the artist is like an asshole, truly.
I googled about the artist and found from wikipedia this exerpt:
"In an interview with El Tiempo, Vargas explained that he was inspired by the death of Natividad Canda, an indigent Nicaraguan addict, who was killed by two Rottweilers in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, while being filmed by the news media in the presence of police, firefighters and security guards. Upon conducting a probe, the Human Society of the United States was informed that the dog was in a state of starvation when it was captured and escaped after one day of captivity; however, the organization also categorically condemned "the use of live animals in exhibits such as this." The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) also investigated the exhibit.WSPA found the information regarding the issue to be "inconsistent" and met with sponsors of the Honduras Bienal to ensure that no animals would be abused at the 2008 exhibition in that country."
I'm shock bout the case which inspired the artist, and also, I hope it's true that the dog did escape and it's okay.
Other interesting news:
A THIEF caught on camera stealing expensive equipment picked the wrong target if wanted to keep a low profile: a billboard company that has plastered his image around New Zealand's largest city seeking his capture <- funny!
Police see zero crime rate on Pacquiao boxing match (4:47 p.m.) <- interesting!
Chinese police on trial for interrogation killing <- not again..? =/
here's the exerpt from the site:
"Last year in Nicaragua, a country with absolutely no animal protection laws, Vargas Habacuc paid two children to capture a stray dog from the streets. He then tied the dog to the walls of an art gallery, where it was denied food and water. The dog suffered in agony as visitors of the exhibition looked on. It allegedly died after several days.
The artist claimed he was revealing human hypocrisy, saying that people walk past stray, starving dogs without noticing, and only become concerned when one dog is made an example of. I admit that I could not agree more with this view. I have always marveled at how disconnected people are with animal suffering until they are confronted with it head on, as with Michael Vick and his dog fighting scandal. But to purposely abuse a dog in this manner is beyond vile.
News of this spread rapidly throughout the world, and a petition was set up in protest because the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central American decided that the "installation" was actually art, and Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008. Apparently there are around two million signatures. If you would like to sign the petition click here. http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html"
somehow I too agree with the quote in yellow. but then again, if I was a visitor to the art gallery, how do I know the dog is starving or not? I mean I think I would think it's the art gallery owner's dog or guard dog or something..=/ but wah, the news is shocking. the stupid thing is they actually want to repeat the act? crazy lah. the artist is like an asshole, truly.
I googled about the artist and found from wikipedia this exerpt:
"In an interview with El Tiempo, Vargas explained that he was inspired by the death of Natividad Canda, an indigent Nicaraguan addict, who was killed by two Rottweilers in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, while being filmed by the news media in the presence of police, firefighters and security guards. Upon conducting a probe, the Human Society of the United States was informed that the dog was in a state of starvation when it was captured and escaped after one day of captivity; however, the organization also categorically condemned "the use of live animals in exhibits such as this." The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) also investigated the exhibit.WSPA found the information regarding the issue to be "inconsistent" and met with sponsors of the Honduras Bienal to ensure that no animals would be abused at the 2008 exhibition in that country."
I'm shock bout the case which inspired the artist, and also, I hope it's true that the dog did escape and it's okay.
Other interesting news:
A THIEF caught on camera stealing expensive equipment picked the wrong target if wanted to keep a low profile: a billboard company that has plastered his image around New Zealand's largest city seeking his capture <- funny!
Police see zero crime rate on Pacquiao boxing match (4:47 p.m.) <- interesting!
Chinese police on trial for interrogation killing <- not again..? =/
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