Friday, April 18, 2008
I'm astounded by this report I saw...I extracted this from perezhilton.com

Sometimes people use the excuse of "art" in order to get away with craziness!

Aliza Shvarts, a Yale art major, has done something different for her senior art project this year.

The "artist" has documented herself throughout a 9 month process where she artificially inseminated herself and then periodically took abortifacient drugs in order to induce miscarriages.

The exhibit, which will begin next Tuesday, will include video recordings of the forced miscarriages.

WTF?!?!?! Ewwww!!!!!

It will also include preserved samples of the blood during the process.

According to Shvarts, her goal was to "spark conversation and debate on the relationship between art and the human body."

Students have expressed shock upon hearing of the exhibit. Rightfully so!

Shvarts insists that her art isn't for shock value. Liar. She says, "I hope it inspires some sort of discourse. Sure, some people will be upset with the message and will not agree with it, but it's not the intention of the piece to scandalize anyone."

As for the "donors", she claims they were not paid for their "services". She also claims to have required them to periodically take tests for STDs, though did not want to disclose the number of sperm donors used.

As for the medical risk related to multiple abortions, Shvarts says she was not worried. She said the abortifacient drugs she took were herbal and legal, and decided she didn't need to consult a doctor.

IDIOT!!!!!

What if she's caused herself serious and permanent damage????

At least this "artist" has one fan. Juan Castillo, another senior art major, said he was intrigued by the beauty of her project. He says, "I really loved the idea of this project, but a lot other people didn't. I think that most people were very resistant to thinking about what the project was really about. [The senior-art-project forum] stopped being a conversation on the work itself."

As for the actual exhibit, Schvarts will feature a large cube hanging from the ceiling. Wrapped around that cube will be hundreds of feet of plastic sheeting which will be lined with her blood from the miscarriages.

Ewwww!!!!

The old blood will be mixed with vaseline to prevent it from drying.

Double EWWWWWW!!!

She will also project the recorded videos of herself, showing the miscarriages she had in her bathtub, onto the sides of the cube.

Similar footage will also be projected onto the walls of the room.

We're starting to get a bit queezy!

This is TOO MUCH!!!!!!

Shvarts adds, "It was a private and personal endeavor, but also a transparent one for the most part. This isn't something I've been hiding." Adding, that she believes "strongly that art should be a medium for politics and ideologies, not just a commodity. I think that I'm creating a project that lives up to the standard of what art is supposed to be."

We're all for a woman's right to choose, but this is abusing that right.

We don't know what to think anymore.

What do U think?


I think this is insane? Yes Dada told us art is anything. But if it's this, I'm anti-art. As much as I like to leave my work for people's own judgement, but please justify why is abortion art? Art a medium for politics and ideologies? Art for art's sake and not a tool. What message is there behind this? Pro-abortion? I don't see why it can be pro-life or anything close. Maybe some people like to think death is beautiful but you do not murder and say that's an amazing piece of art. Or don't come tell me it is meant to be anti-war.. I really don't think I have to drive a tank down and kill ten over people to tell them that war is bad. This is so wrong..