Re: NANFA-- Goldfish puree as art! :-(

Steffen Hellner (steffen_at_hellner.biz)
Thu, 22 May 2003 10:10:24 +0200

What did I say, idiots won4t dye out!
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> Von: "Terri Vance" <KTerriV_at_msn.com> > Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net > Datum: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:50:38 -0400 > An: "NANFA" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net> > Betreff: NANFA-- Goldfish puree as art! :-( > > Check out the article below. Obviously some sick persons, including the > testifying vet, haven't read the latest research we covered in an earlier > thread. > > Goldfish Liquidized, Museum Director Acquitted > AFP > > May 20, 2003 - A museum director in Denmark was acquitted on Monday of charges > of cruelty to animals for a controversial exhibit in which goldfish were > liquidized in a blender to test visitors' sense of right and wrong. > The exhibit at the Trapholt modern art museum in 2000 featured live goldfish > swimming in a blender. Visitors were given the possibility of pressing the > button to transform the fish into a runny liquid. > > Artist Marco Evaristti, the Chilean-born bad boy of the Danish art scene, said > at the time that he wanted to force people to "do battle with their > conscience." > > Two goldfish died after visitors pressed the button, and the Danish > association Friends Of Animals filed a complaint against the artist as well as > the director of the museum, Peter S. Meyer, for cruelty to animals. > > Only Meyer was taken to court over the affair, after he refused to pay a 2,000 > kroner (about $315) fine for failing to respect an injunction to cut the > blenders' electricity so that visitors would not be tempted to kill the > goldfish. > > But the director refused to pay the fine in the name of artistic freedom, > leaving police no option but to haul him into court. > > "It's a question of principle. An artist has the right to create works which > defy our concept of what is right and what is wrong," he told the court in > Kolding. > > The court acquitted Meyer after a technician employed by the blender > manufacturer and a veterinarian both testified that the fish did not > experience any suffering due to the blenders' high speed, and said they were > "killed painlessly." > > The artist meanwhile said the idea behind the exhibit was to "place people > before a dilemma: to choose between life and death." > > "It was a protest against what is going on in the world, against this > cynicism, this brutality that impregnates the world in which we live," he > said. - > /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes > / Association" > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association > / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word > / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to > / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to > / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. > / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org /----------------------------------------------------------------------------- /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes / Association" / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org