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So an OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) student does an art project that consists of putting a fake pipe bomb somewhere outside the Toronto Art Gallery. It has a note on it that says, "This is not a bomb."
He calls into the gallery and tells somebody that there isn't a bomb on the premises. He makes a couple of youtube videos (one and two) of a fake explosion.
Somebody discovers the fake bomb and the cops are called. The building is evacuated. An AIDS fund raiser scheduled for that night is canceled - causing a loss of approximately a third of their operating budget for the year.
The artist is charged with public mischief. He is also suspended from OCAD for academic misconduct.
The question is. Is it art?
He calls into the gallery and tells somebody that there isn't a bomb on the premises. He makes a couple of youtube videos (one and two) of a fake explosion.
Somebody discovers the fake bomb and the cops are called. The building is evacuated. An AIDS fund raiser scheduled for that night is canceled - causing a loss of approximately a third of their operating budget for the year.
The artist is charged with public mischief. He is also suspended from OCAD for academic misconduct.
The question is. Is it art?