There's another art installation in the courtyard below my window at work. Wouldn't you know it, it's another mediation on man's inhumanity to the environment! But really, is there any other kind of art installation in the year 2008? It seems to me that whoever out there accrediting Salamanca artists insist on some "man's inhumanity to the environment" component on public displays these days.
I have an idea that I think could be successful: convict built courtyard, two heavy timber posts set into the ground, set in an 'X' arrangement. Get yourself one typical Salamanca artist (not hard to spot, any anaemic-looking vegan in a beret with bad facial hair should do). Strap said artist to the posts and whip them liberally with a cat-o-nine-tails!
No convinced?
The masterstroke is that the person doing the whipping will be dressed as a penguin/bilby/southern right whale! You see, the penguin/bilby/southern right whale will be extracting revenge for the damage caused by man's inhumanity to the environment!
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Boss - I'm going to stack a Salamanca courtyard with Nickelback albums...I can think of greater representation of this artistic point...
USelaine, I don't mind the look of it either, but sometimes I do wonder what ever happened to actual talent in an art. If it's all about contstructing some elaborate bullshit, I could well be the world's greatest artist!
Blognote, great!