tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post3042328542418944969..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: A Sad Protest against StalinismJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-19047841854799365062020-06-29T08:45:28.256-04:002020-06-29T08:45:28.256-04:00Brevity does not negate the injustice. Again, repl...Brevity does not negate the injustice. Again, replace the bird with a person, or even a type of animal held in higher regard by the average person such as a dog, and people would still be horrified, even if you only imprisoned them for a few days. You only aren't disgusted because it was a "lesser" bird.<br /><br />Also, the survival of the piece itself is irrelevant. I'm not criticizing the records of it that survive, but the installation itself. The work itself was hypocritical and cruel.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-53505748735335347432020-06-28T10:50:24.788-04:002020-06-28T10:50:24.788-04:00@G - I very much doubt that this was displayed for...@G - I very much doubt that this was displayed for any length of time with a bird in it. It was the concept that mattered, and what survives is not the cage itself but the artist's plans for it. I don't think the sort of people who staged this exhibit would enjoy tormenting the bird.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-46357667574826384702020-06-28T04:09:47.292-04:002020-06-28T04:09:47.292-04:00The cruelty and hypocrisy of mistreating that bird...The cruelty and hypocrisy of mistreating that bird just to make social commentary. How much harder could it have been to get across the intended message without actually abusing an innocent creature? We wouldn't tolerate the artist putting an innocent person in such a cage to make the same symbolic gesture, but we ignore the bird's distress and suffering without a second thought. <br /><br />What wretches we humans are, protesting injustice by callously inflicting it on those weaker than ourselves, and thinking it justified because it serves our own interests. The only difference between this "protest" and the forces it protests is one of scale - the underlying inhumanity and selfishness is identical, just not of the same massive scope. So much for "Art".G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-69216063037765929102020-06-27T20:15:51.467-04:002020-06-27T20:15:51.467-04:00Whoops, Comrade.Whoops, Comrade.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-56272267419545017932020-06-27T20:12:03.566-04:002020-06-27T20:12:03.566-04:00Just finished The Case of Conrad Tulayev. The cag...Just finished The Case of Conrad Tulayev. The cage is a good metaphor.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com