Exploding Banana Head Performance Art
For his Think Globally, Act Locally performance video, Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson put on a mask embedded with firecracker-stuffed bananas and filmed himself lighting each fuse, causing the bananas to explode. What's the message? ArtSlant says, "The banana, a classic agent for slapstick pratfalls, has also now come to represent the pitfalls of corporate farming practices." I say, "Bananas are evil and must be destroyed." I'm probably wrong.
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11 Comments:
I don't know why this is, but the first thought I had when I saw this picture was of that kid who sat in back of me in math class with the horrible acne.... I'll leave it at that. But, it was my first thought.
Brownie at 6:53PM on 08/19/08
There are so many things one could say in response to this art piece!
It is difficult to choose just one.
foodvox at 7:13PM on 08/19/08
I think the guy just hates himself.
Pointy at 9:07PM on 08/19/08
First the clown meat, now this? I shudder to think what awaits...
Tonecat at 10:13PM on 08/19/08
As far a being a work of art goes, it's no crucifix in pee, I can tell you that much!
srhcb at 11:44PM on 08/19/08
I think he's trying too hard to make a point. It looks gross and some weird version of that pinhead dude in Hell Raiser.
Yu Ming Lui at 2:43AM on 08/20/08
Does the work define itself well enough in terms of its epistemology? I'm not so sure.
Does it speak of the Evil Corporation? At first glance it seemed that the work definitely belonged in the post-Feminist genre. But then hints of Beauty School ("How to Give a Good Facial 101") arose tenuously in an underlying sort of way.
In the final analysis though mostly it screams "Banana Split!"
foodvox at 6:52AM on 08/20/08
Bananas must die!!!
Linz0 at 8:47AM on 08/20/08
The message is that performance art must go.
worldcupfever at 10:23AM on 08/20/08
between this and that meat face, I am thoroughly disturbed this morning.
foodiedani at 11:06AM on 08/20/08
I couldn't stop laughing when the "nose" banana exploded. Very absurd.
Marls Barkley at 8:48PM on 08/20/08