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andydp
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 Posted: 07/14/05 - 14:44 Post subject: Why there will always be an England...
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This is modern art.
PS I thought performace art needed a human...
Artist links up with gerbil
A Newcastle artist has gone into partnership with her pet gerbil on her latest artwork.
Sally Madge's gerbil eating its way through a 1933 edition of the New Illustrated Universal Reference Book.
The gerbil, which has no name, is just doing what comes naturally, building its nest, at Sally's home.
But it is the unwitting star of an exhibition called A Gerbil's Guide to the Galaxy at Newcastle's Waygood Gallery.
On display are remnants of the 72-year old book, an empty cage containing a nest of book fragments and a video webcast of the gerbil in action.
Sally says she's fascinated in the gerbil's "personal translation" of the book by choosing particular words and phrases.
When the book is completely transformed, the shredded paper will be turned into a new piece of artwork.
{Ed Note: If I remember right a past winner of the Booker Prize had encapsulated his #2 into sealed cans. This one is definetly a candidate}
Gerbil Photo here:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1462528.html?menu=news.quirkies
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