for me its a super art piece! sculpture+performance rolled (or wrapped?) into one. :) reminded me also of dune+raby's placebo series of products http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009389.php
On 10/22/07, Charles Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/22/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Should we laugh and appreciate the deftness of the design? Should we > > cry and bemoan the state of our civilization that makes this > > necessary? I did both... > > In Japan (I'm currently in Tokyo), the general consensus seems to be > that she's a slightly kooky breed of that ubiquitous Japanese breed > the eccentric backyard inventor. The analyses in the local english > language press is treating this more as an indication of how people > are overreacting to sensational press coverage (of violent crimes) > than any indication of either a real need or a viable solution. They > point out that violent crime in Japan is actually dropping, not > increasing, public perception notwithstanding. > > Just because there's a product, doesn't mean it's necessary. I > laughed, and bemoaned the state of peoples's psyches that they felt so > insecure that they thought this might be something useful. > > If it had been in the US, I would have said it was a hoax. > > -- Charles > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
