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jhocking:
Imagine how much people would pay for a piece if you died while creating it!

Noct:
Yes, whatever happened to suffering for ones art?

On a more serious note, I think I've decided that, even though the idea of it horrifies and disgusts me on a personal level, I'd still be very interested in seeing how this piece turns out.  Maybe I just like offending myself.

öde:

--- Quote from: Linds on 17 Apr 2008, 12:21 ---Hooray for art being number one, but you can't make art when you're dead.
--- End quote ---

And obviously we can't decide for ourselves whether to take risks or not.

RedLion:
I think artists should be given nearly unmitigated freedom, but when it comes to something like this, there's no point that can be made in that fashion that can't be made in a less horrendous way. It's akin to that guy starving a dog to death for the purposes of "art. "

Sorry, but when your "art" causes the death of another living being, that's where the line is drawn--and I'm vehemently pro-choice, by the way.

Noct:
So I found my way back to Warren's blog (it's a busy workday, can you tell?) and he's posted a followup : http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5840

"My money says the physical “art” doesn’t exist, not as described. I mean, I’m open to being wrong. But right now, I think the press release itself is the art piece. In fact, I would imagine any final presentation would be a collation of the media responses to the press release, broadcast as it was during a visit from the Pope to her country of residence....If she’s doing what I think she’s doing, Aliza Shvarts might be the first “great” conceptual artist of the internet age."

So it looks like this could either turn out disgusting, or really freaking cool.  I hope to god Mr. Ellis is right.

Edit: http://dimensionsart.blogspot.com/2008/04/aliza-shvartz.html

He totally called it.

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