Friday, 16 October 2009
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The Art of Rape
When we think of art, we think of the finger painting of a child, a sketch of some trees, some abstract sculpture that you still don't understand, or something along those lines. And who creates art? Artists.
Richard Whitehurst is an artist.
His newest piece of work titled, The Rape Tunnel, will be displayed at Columbus' 4D Gallery on October 30th. It's an art project, so how bad could it be, right? Wrong. Whitehurst promises to rape anyone who dares to go through the tunnel into a small room.
Yes, you read that correctly.
He explains. "In the 4D Gallery main room, I’ve constructed a 22 ft tunnel out of plywood that leads into the project room. There is no way in or out of the project room except for this tunnel. As you travel through the tunnel, it gets smaller and smaller, making it so that you have to crawl and put yourself in a submissive position in order to reach the tunnel’s destination. At the end of the tunnel the subject will find me waiting in the project room and I’ll try to the best of my ability to overpower and rape the person who crawls through."
I’m not necessarily concerned with the positive or negative effects of this project so long as there is some effect on people’s lives. I’ve merely set up a situation where there is potential to impact people in meaningful ways. Maybe I won’t be able to rape everyone who crawls through the tunnel, but the door is open for all kinds of scenarios; rape, serious injury, maybe even death. I might even get arrested."
Read the full article here.
Is this art? Would you ever go through The Rape Tunnel?
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WTF.
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I SECOND THAT
WTF IS THIS.
this is wrong on so many levels.
do you really expect anyone to seriously answer yes to this?
Is he hot?
Ok. These are the people that make ALL artists look bad. This f*cker needs to be taken outside and smacked, seriously.
What a self-loving, god-complexed sociopath. I take offense at this as an art student, and as a person, seriously. Ironically, I can't really argue that this ISN'T art, in that it challenges people (profoundly, I would say)... but there's more to art than shock, in my opinion, despite its inherent role to do just that.
If he is in any way, shape or form serious, then he needs to be put away for good. They should put a couple of pitbulls in there and see what he makes of his grand artistic vision then.
This guy is sick.
Just another pathetic, irrelevant piece of debris trying to finding someone who will notice him...dog manure is more relevant.
This is just... ridiculous. I don't even get how someone would think of this. He needs to be put in a mental institution, not prison.
wtf...
What the fucking hell is this bullshit.
Uhm...wow?
So basically he built a tunnel... a normal structure, hmm, but how can we make it art? Rape people?
Don't think I can say much about this that isn't obvious.
If you read the article it use to be "punched in the face tunnel" but when he got sued by an aspiring model whose nose he broke he NOT SHITTING YOU said that rape was the next LOGICAL step.
WHAT THE FUCK!?
Sick bastard.
Head examination, please? The upper one.
This person needs some serious tools to w ork through their issues.
Haha what?!
First, I'm not sure how quickly this person rapes, but an exhibit going from 7pm to midnight might potentially be a lot of work for him.
Also... is it really 'rape' if the person knowingly chooses to go into a tunnel called the 'rape tunnel' knowing full well what to expect?
And finally, of course... this whole thing is fake.
what the heck???
this sounds like a really cruel joke..how can it be real?? just cause its disguised as "art"..its just..weird..and sick..
Check out the comments in the article, it's fake.
It's FAAAAKE people.
http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5×7.htm
It's a stunt to rile people up; that tunnel is a wind tunnel.
Even if this is a hoax, how is it OK to joke about rape?
Did anyone read the full article? Honestly, I don't think this guy is doing anything wrong. If anyone walks into the tunnel, they are obviously giving their consent to being raped... so it isn't really rape at all, however unpleasant, it is still a choice. Rape is not a choice.
Yes it is art, a statement. And no, I wouldn't go through the tunnel... my sexual fantasies are much more subdued. And hey.... the picture of him is kind of sexy.
uh, WHAT?
HAH!
maybe I should notice the comments next time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-s8PYbimc
Hah hah! What a fucking weirdo.