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[James Cervantes]

What does "Pa¡Ì¡Ùs" mean?  The second petition calls for it and deems it
"necessary information."
- Jim

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM, amy king <amyhappens at yahoo.com> wrote:

> *THE STORY:*
>
> *
> *
>
> In 2007, the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street,
> tied him to a rope in an art gallery and began starving him to death.
>
> For several days, the 'artist' and the visitors of the exhibition watched,
> emotionless, the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until
> eventually he died.
>
>
> Does THIS sound like art to you?
>
>
> But this is not all¡­ the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of Central
> America decided that the 'installation' WAS actually art, so Guillermo
> Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the Biennial
> of 2008.
>
>
> *Let's STOP HIM!!!!!    *Sign the petition:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
>
>
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html>
>
> Here is another petition that is 2 million signatures strong. Please feel
> free to sign it as well:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html
>
>
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html>
>
> Please do it. It's free of charge, there is no need to register, and it
> will only take 1 minute to save the life of an innocent creature.
>
>
> AND, for those of you saying "This is all a hoax, etc," here is a direct
> quote FROM THE 'ARTIST' himself!:
> "I knew the dog died on the following day from lack of food. During the
> inauguration, I knew that the dog was persecuted in the evening between the
> houses of aluminum and cardboard in a district of Managua. 5 children who
> helped to capture the dog received 10 bonds of c¨®rdobas for their
> assistance. The name of the dog was Natividad, and I let him die of hunger
> in the sight of everyone, as if the death of a poor dog was a shameless
> media show in which nobody does anything but to applaud or to watch
> disturbed. In the place that the dog was exposed remain a metal cable and a
> cord. The dog was extremely ill and did not want to eat, so in natural
> surroundings it would have died anyway; thus they are all poor stray dogs:
> sooner or later they die or are killed."
>
>
> ~~~~
>
>
> To be fair (with lots of comments from Costa Ricans):
>
>
> In his defence, the artist has claimed that what he was attempting to prove
> was that those who saw the suffering of the dog just walked on by and that
> if it had been left on the street to die, no-one would have even known of
> its existence.
>
>
> It has also been reported that the dog did not die but escaped, and that it
> had been fed by Vargas and was only tied up during the gallery opening
> times. It has not been possible to confirm this.
>
>
> The Managua exhibition attracted worldwide attention and many people
> believe it to have been an act of cruelty rather than art. A petition has
> been started in an attempt to prevent Habacuc's involvement in the 2008
> Biennial and from repeating the spectacle.
>
>
> If you would like to sign the petition, visit:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html
>
> ¨Cfrom * Artist Guillermo Vargas - Habacuc<http://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/6831.html>
> *
>
> _______
>
>
>
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