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The Surprise Sex tunnel-Art is fun!

Art Lurker.com posted:

Richard Whitehurst is a Columbus-based artist who made his mark on the Ohio scene by showing at the William Strunk Jr. Museum of Contemporary Art in Akron and internationally regarded galleries such as Alexandria Asheton Gallery and Seward Projects Space. He was the 2006 recipient of an Akron Culture Committee fellowship and has quickly become a seminal figure in the often overshadowed Rustbelt regional art scene, rapidly moving from sculpture and installation to more challenging situational based work that would make Nicolas Bourriaud’s head spin.

In fact, his new controversial work, THE surprise sex TUNNEL, which is set to go on view at Columbus’ 4D Gallery on October 30th, has come under fire from Columbus-based feminist groups not to mention, local law enforcement officials. The artist plans to place himself in a room, the only entrance or exit being a 22 ft long plywood tunnel constructed by Whitehurst himself. Then he says that for the duration of the gallery’s opening (from 7:00 p.m. to midnight) he will surprise sex anyone who travels through the tunnel into that room.

Uh huh.

Oh, by the way, here it is:

Various linkies: http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/th...-sheila-zareno/
http://gawker.com/5369615/enter-the-surprise sex-tunnel-for-art

DISCUSS THE RAPE TUNNEL

That is awesome. I'm so there.

Is he like, desperate to get laid or something? I hope someone sends his kid in there XD.

This can't be real, as funny/creepy as it would be if it was. There's like legal issues involved with that I think.

I think the concept of consent is the whole idea. It is your choice to go in.

Cue the murder tunnel.

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I think the concept of consent is the whole idea. It is your choice to go in.

He speaks to that in the article. He apparently will not be gentle and intends to make whoever is foolish enough to enter regret their decision.

I guessing the second they say 'stop' he does, or OH NO LAWSUIT

Is this guy a comedian or an artist? He can't seem to be able to make his mind up.

I recommend seeking out another profession either way, because he sucks at both of them.

EDIT: That post being directed at the artist at hand, not Kastere :p

How does this "raping whoever crawls through the tunnel" qualify as art exactly?

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I guessing the second they say 'stop' he does, or OH NO LAWSUIT

Actually, he says that he is quite willing to go to jail and has no intention of stopping when asked to.

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How does this "raping whoever crawls through the tunnel" qualify as art exactly?

There is no such thing as art, merely varying degrees of stuff.

I hope the guy doesn't have the crawlies on his bawlies.

It's not art if you can masturbate to it

Somone send a fucking English bull terrier through the tunnel.

Now THAT'd be funny.

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It's not art if you can masturbate to it

And everything can be a fetish, ergo nothing can be art.

So if you open the door and throw in an explosive...

...then you'll have the same end result as if you threw an explosive into a gallery.

I would most certainly go in.

I'd be crawling in backwards with a bulls eye painted on my anus.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/ripti...el_did_art.php

also said it was fake in kastere's second link, just btw

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There is no such thing as art, merely varying degrees of stuff.

I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before.

Bastard stole my idea.

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I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before.

Yes. From me.

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Bastard stole my idea.

Enough Back to the Future references already. From you.

Shit, now the theme music is stuck in my head!

If it was up to me I'd have made a Surprise Fart Tunnel.

Are you sure about that?