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Old 04-21-2008, 01:02 PM
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Default Boycott to the presence of Guillermo Vargas "Habacuc" at the Bienal Centroamericana H

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-jIP...eature=related


petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

over half a million people have signed this potition. i think that although it does represent the crent state of "art" it is sick and should not be done again

from wiki
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It is reported in blogs, Internet forums and YouTube uploads that in 2007 Guillermo Vargas allegedly took a stray dog called Natividad from the streets of Managua, Nicaragua, and tied it to a short leash as an exhibit in an art gallery. It was initially reported that the dog was left to die with food just beyond its leash's length as patrons passed by in the gallery. Many images have appeared on the Internet showing a thin, emaciated dog tied to a line in a room full of standing people. There are no indications in the photos of where, when or who took them.[2][3] He refuses to say whether the dog survived the show but the director of the Códice Gallery is reported as saying that the animal was fed regularly and was only tied up for 3 hours on one day before it escaped.[4] A probe by the Humane Society revealed that the dog was in a state of starvation when it was captured and escaped after one day of captivity. [5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Vargas
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