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Friday, October 10, 2008

Currently Hanging

posted by on October 10 at 9:00 AM

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Christian Jankowski’s The Hunt (1992/1997), single-channel video, 1 minute 11 seconds

At the ICA Boston.

For this piece, the German artist ate only what he could shoot an arrow into at grocery stores. When I saw the video in Boston recently, a group of older women also happened to be watching it. One of them immediately said, with some concern, “What did he do for juice??”

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1

so stupid

Posted by um | October 10, 2008 9:02 AM
2

I bet he's uncut. Yummy.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | October 10, 2008 9:36 AM
3

So, is the arrow a litmus test for purchasability, or is it just his way of laying claim to stuff? What happens when he shoots watermelons in a barrel and nails like five of them?

Posted by Super Jesse | October 10, 2008 10:09 AM
4

It's a game!

Posted by Greg | October 10, 2008 10:35 AM
5

Vegetables in Europe actually look like vegetables and not plastic. Amazing.

And he's hot.

Posted by keshmeshi | October 10, 2008 11:06 AM
6

This was done in a German film a while back. "Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man" was its American title. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246514/

I liked the movie a lot. So I'm mad that this guy stole Rosa's idea.

Posted by Will in STL | October 10, 2008 11:23 AM
7

nevermind. I just saw the date on the video. Viktor Vogel stole from this guy...

Posted by Will in STL | October 10, 2008 11:24 AM
8

Didn't Homer do this with a toothpick?

Posted by Nate | October 10, 2008 1:06 PM

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