Thursday, June 19, 2008

IT"S ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An exhibition by the Australian artist Mike Parr, which includes a film showing a live chicken being decapitated, has prompted a complaint to the RSPCA and a visit from police.
The film is being screened in a derelict building on Cockatoo Island as part of this year's Biennale of Sydney, which opens today. It is one of 17 works by Parr included in a confronting show called Mirror/Arse, which documents his "most daring and demanding" performances and explores "trauma and subjectivity".

A sign hung at the entrance to Parr's show in the island's former sailors' quarters warned visitors that the work was not suitable for anyone under 18.
But one visitor was so disturbed by the footage of the chicken being killed that a call was made to the RSPCA, which contacted NSW Police.
Responding to the complaint, several officers from the Water Police visited Cockatoo Island yesterday, viewed Parr's exhibit and asked for the warning sign to be upgraded to include more details of the show's contents.

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