It kills dog 'art', Guillermo Vargas Habacuc
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Article posted on 30/10/2007
Massimo Comparotto, president dell'Oipa:''Way perverse to inform the public''
It kills dog 'art', Guillermo Vargas Habacuc apologises
Rome. Biennial at risk for Habacuc Guillermo Vargas,''peudo artist'' 50 years of Costa Rica that has on display a stray dog, tied in a corner of the room, leaving it to die of hunger and thirst. More than 150,000 people from all over the world, in just a few days, have expressed their indignation towards what, according to them, can not be regarded as certain works of art. Vargas was apparently paid for children to catturassero a dog and then use it as a 'work of art' which consisted precisely watching the agony and suffering until death. Visitors would have been forbidden to bring food and water and tried to approach anyone to care for the animal was removed crashed with insults. Above the dog dying, an inscription made of croccantini with the phrase: 'Eres lo que lees' (' You are what you read '). According to artist aim was to witness the indifference of human beings against other living beings. In an interview granted to the 'Nación', said: "The aim of the work was not cause suffering to the poor innocent creature, but illustrate a problem. In my hometown, San Jose, Costa Rica, tens of thousands of strays die hunger and disease and nobody gives them attention. Now, if publicly show one of these creatures died of hunger, such as Nativity, this creates a return that shows a great hypocrisy in all of us. Nativity was a fragile creature and would die however, on a road. " The fact is that the dog, according to reports Leonor Gonzalez, editor of the cultural supplement of 'La Prensa' in Nicaragua, died on the day following that on which were these pictures. Different version of the tunnel Nicaraguan which hosted the progress, that the artist had found the dog in an alley and would bring in the gallery were without expected. They also would have been properly fed for the entire time except for the three hours of the exhibition. The dog is not dead but their second is "escaped" in a moment of disattenzione.Ma doubts remain. How is it possible that the tunnel has not imposed on Vargas to free the dog? And again: it is possible that nobody went there with arrogance - even violence - to take away the animal? In addition, the artist was chosen to represent his country in the 'Central American Biennial 2008' to be held in Honduras. In the latter case, at least, something has happened. The ire of animal welfare associations and citizens from all over the world have meant that a representative of the Biennale has contacted Vargas, by letter in which it was expressed dismay about the negative publicity received by 'You are what you read' and was called into question the legitimacy of participating as an artist and represent. At this point the artist asked publicly apologize and promised that never again no more similar projects. Vargas, in a press release circulated via Web that says' You are what you read 'will no longer be called "work of art", as a sign of respect to those who were offended. He admitted the mistake and said that should save the dog rather than let it die. It calls on all to accept his apology. "Far suffer and kill a dog left to die of hunger to understand that as a problem of stray dogs is certainly a perverse way to inform the public - says Massimo Comparotto, president of '
OIPA Italy (International Organization Protecting animals) - Surely this' art 'is just another bleak abominable attempt to talk about himself to fill an art gallery. Jose Morales, vice president of the 'Special Unit for Animal Protection and Rescue' commented: "The dog was tied without food, I do not understand how this can be considered art." Raymond Schnog, president of 'Humanitarian Association for Animal Protection', has condemned the act describing pure cruelty, "I fail to understand how an animal can be left to die of hunger on the floor while a sentence on the walls had been composed using food." These organizations are studying the case to bring an action before the local court.
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I wouldn't weep if this "artist" got shot in the head.
life is cruel, why would art be any different?
I hate this guy!!! I want to find him, tie him up and watch him starve to death!!!! - NOW
It doesn't matter if it would happen anyway, you don't put on a show and benefit from it. You think starving is art? Go starve youself and shut the hell up!
The Dog Exhibit Controversy
It is reported in blogs, Internet forums and YouTube uploads that in 2007 Guillermo Vargas allegedly took a stray dog called Natividad from the streets of Managua, Nicaragua, and tied it to a short leash as an exhibit in an art gallery. It was initially reported that the dog was left to die with food just beyond its leash's length as patrons passed by in the gallery. Many images have appeared on the Internet showing a thin, emaciated dog tied to a line in a room full of standing people. There are no indications in the photos of where, when or who took them.[2][3] He refuses to say whether the dog survived the show but the director of the Códice Gallery is reported as saying that the animal was fed regularly and was only tied up for 3 hours on one day before it escaped.[4] A probe by the Humane Society revealed that the dog was in a state of starvation when it was captured and escaped after one day of captivity. [5]
Yes, truth is often not as sensational as fiction, but it is so much better.
If anyone can tell me where I might be able to find this man I plan to hunt him down and make him and his family starve in a small room together.
Has anyone heard of the starving artist. Artist do not make art to become rich. If they do then there is something wrong. Artist make art to allow the veiwer to think or question. This artist is slapping the veiwer over the head with REALITY. Those who are insulting the piece can't deal with reality.
I signed the petition. This is not art. This is sick and twisted.
What a horible horible person.
This man should now fear for his life
So many people will take revenge for this poor dog
Sir if you ever read this (not that you would take time out from your diluted life)
I want you to know you will get your own back.
You get what you give sir good or bad.
Good Luck with hiding from all the people that dispise you
Well I think a line has to be drawn somewhere. Just because it's a lesser being doesn't mean we have the right to harm it in the name of "art" or to "prove a point". Also, I thought harming animals was a red flag of a killer. Not to say that this guy is dangerous but if you have it in you to kill an animal, something so innocent and need of protection,especially in such a cruel way, there is something wrong, period.
This isn't art. Hanging the artist instead of the dog is art.
@ thesakeofart - great generalization about people. very insightful. so I am guessing this artist was planning on changing people with this depiction...or were his intentions more self-centered to promote himself and fill his pockets. In any sense I guess it would have really sent the message if the "artist" subjected himself to display suffering the so called lack of human decency. That really would send the message and it has before. He just couldn't handle the reality of sending such a "selfless "message. what a joke
I any of you ever stop to think about the conditions in their country and how stray animals are treated in their country. killing stray animals is legal in 90% of other countries except for America. I am not saying what he did was right but we shouldn't not criticize him for what he did maybe he was trying to spark a respon of us gather together to help the conditions of stray animals in their country. Let us think before we talk. how many time have we saw a stray animal and left it? What do you think happens to the stray eventually? It dies that is wat happens. So if anything should be done it is not killing the "artist" but helping the animals.
Hey, thesakeofart, would you really tie up a living thing and kill it just to tell somebody that it happens? You might as well shoot someone in the head and call that the truth. Why kill an innocent living thing? You really need to take a lesson from Gandhi, you retard. Go tie yourself up and die. I understand alright, you're a piece of scum I hope you rot in hell
JUST ANOTHER AR****LE TRYING TO GET HIMSELF IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND THIS WEB PAGE WHILST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO VOICE THEIR FEELINGS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO BE EVEN CONSIDERED ENTERTAINMENT FOR ANY REASON, WHY HAVE THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS NO OPINION, RSPCA ANYONE, WOULD YOU ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN IF THE SUBJECT WERE HUMAN - I THINK NOT!
HOPE HE NEVER HAS CHILDREN, IF HE DOES HOPE THEY ARE TAKEN OFF HIM. THEY SAY THE SICKOS ALWAYS START OFF WITH TORTURING ANIMALS BEFORE THEY MOVE ONTO HUMANS. I PITY HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY, WHAT A DISGRACE HE HAS BOUGHT TO THE FAMILY NAME. SHAME ON HIM
I agree with Debbie S. This guy should be put in an asylum! If he can hurt and kill a poor stray dog, he can surely do the same to other human beings.
This guy's a whack! Someone ought to find him fast or he'll end up killing people and use them as art exhibits!
Shame on you Guillermo!! You'll rot in hell!!!!
Do your research people. A quick check on Wikipedia shows that its a hoax. The dog was fed regulary, but the visitors where given the impression that the dog was starving. No one did anything. A the end the dog escaped back into the streets where he came from.
dont believe the hype, blatantly a publicity stunt... sounds a bit like shit in a can to me
I was shocked when I heard about this guy. While I understand the reasoning behind highlighting the plight of the starving dogs; he would have perhaps been less under fire if he'd taken dogs that had already starved to death and made an exhibition of their corpses.
This dog would probably have lived longer on the streets by scavenging. This guy is sick. omebody should tie HIM up in a museum and let him starve to death...
Guillermo fucking heartless assohole! I am not feeling any mercy for that kind of "people". Those kind of people MAY GO! away..
You're all a bunch of hypocrites. Now, I'm not defending this "piece" or commenting on wether it is art or not. I leave that to everyone to decide for themselves. But this illustration does prove a point. We all feel disgusted about this event. But when we see a child starving to death in a street corner in Africa in the news, we pay no attention what so ever. No petitions circulating in the net for poor starving children.
this is disgusting, this man is not an artist, the comments he made about wot he did, changed everytime ,as he tried to make himself look less evil, if he trully believed it was art his story would have been strong, and he would have been passionate about it and stuck to it, not have a different vesrsion every time. he is a sick twisted sociopath who should be shot or locked up for life. anyone who thinks this is art should seek medical help asap. un-necesary cruelty to living creatures of any kind is unforgivable. may he rot in hell
The Dog is already dead, so what's the point now?
I say Fuck him!!! Let the idiot go. It's too late now anyways. My question would be:
If he really wanted to "help" he would have started raising money for the dogs, or asked for money from the state to help him out. This was just cruel and pointless. Just too cruel... :(
Oh wow ,
this shocked me in so many ways? how violent?
let the dog die slowly ?
HES SUCH A IDIOT!!
maybe if he wanted to make a impact he could've Tooken the dog home,
Fed it and suuch? and maybe dreew a fantastic picture of it ?
why does it have to be So Discusting ? why couldnt he be less of killer and more of a Human .?
I dont ghet these retarded artist's , and i never WILL!
Noone every got them and noone every will!
so i think the main sentence for this artist is " Burn In Hell "
Guillermo Vargas Habacuc vale verga como persona y como artista se muere de hambre pendejo... ojala verlo y hacerle lo mismo, la vida del perro vale mas que la tuya (Guillermo Vargas Habacuc) pendejo de mierda... Artista anda pinta mi techo
I fail to see how this is art. I can understand why he did it, but it's a pretty pathetic excuse. He starved a dog to show that starvng dogs is wrong. Again, I understand why, but he didn't have to take it to the extreme, a little food at night some water in the morning, is it really that difficult?
does anyone know were to find a picture of the actual guy who kill the dog, because I want to know what he looks like so if I see him I can punch him in the face
Why would he do this, this guy doesnt know that dogs have feelings just like he does, right now i dont really care about his feelings! I hope he rots in F****** hell screw you Guillermo i hoep you die!
I agree with 'thesakeofart'... Its just a hit on the face with a reality that people can't handle when its right in front of them... I mean, there are worst things out there, and all of you are worried about something so simple... there are people dying out there and you guys are worried about a simple dog. You people make me mad...
AJ and anyone who thinks that people are too weak to accept this kind of art: Sure, the guy wanted to make a point, that there are thousands of stray dogs dying all over the world. He's right... and it's not just dogs! Right now, there are birds, pigs, polar bears, cats, even rats and mice (not to mention people, and cockroaches) that/who are starving to death. It's a fact of life.
HOWEVER, this dude tied up a dog in a gallery with NO FOOD. That dog, had it been left whereever it came from, in the street or whatever, probably stood a better chance of finding food out there than tied up in a room with no food. Furthermore, I'd have more respect for the guy if he at least killed a dog so HE could eat it, because HE was hungry. That, at least. goes more with the laws of nature, and it's because we kill cows for their beef that it's somewhat acceptable that we use their hides for clothing (as opposed to killing a fox ONLY for its hide, 'cuz it's pretty when put together with 20 other hides to make a coat).
This guy did intentional harm, and it wasn't like the animal was attacking, and Vargas was defending himself. He should actually be tried in court for animal abuse. Wanna make a difference Vargas? Feed the damned starving animals on the street. Feed them. Don't kill them.
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i hope from bottom of my heart does this creature called "human" (guillermo) and all these people who was just passing next this poor animal are going to burn in hell at least......forever
What a cruel person. Why do such a thing to a loving creature.
You people saying that you want to "starve the artist and his family" really don't understand how foolish and hypocritical you are being here. The point of this is that humans are inconsiderate of other people and animals. Good job proving it friends!
You Are What You Read
“I think this guy is sick! Someone should tie him up, no, put him in a glass box, so that he can’t stand up. Then heat up the room that he’s in and have a waterfall going in the corner. And if the bastard doesn’t die in a day, then gut him from head to toe. That shit isn’t art it’s the work of a disgusting piece of shit, devil, who deserves to burn in hell for that.”
This is just one of the thousands of outraged comments found across the internet directed at the artist Guillermo 'Habacuc' Vargas. Vargas gained global attention in 2007 when he captured an emaciated dog from the streets of San Jose, exhibited it in The Codice Gallery, Nicaragua. Tied up with no food or water he let the dog starve to death, with the title ‘Eres Lo Que Lees’ (‘You Are What You Read’) written in dog food on the wall behind the animal. The story swept across the internet as a chain email directing you to an online petition to stop the artist repeating the piece while representing Costa Rica at Bienal Centroamericana in Honduras in November of this year. The petition now holds over a two and a half million signatures. Angry blogs and Youtube videos call for Vargas to be given the same treatment as the dog and be tied to a post with no food or water. These blogs and videos feature thousands of comments, like the one above, condemning the artist as an “animal murderer” and denouncing his work as inhumane cruelty. Facebook groups have been created for incensed users to rant and rave about Vargas' actions. These groups have hundreds of thousands of members. Vargas and the gallery have even received death threats.
The gallery later insisted that the dog, named Natividad, did not in fact starve to death but 'was untied all the time except for the three hours the exhibition lasted and it was fed regularly with dog food Habacuc himself brought in' and then escaped after one day. Vargas has declined to comment on the condition of the animal but says he wanted to test the public's reaction and highlight the plight facing thousands of stray dogs in San Jose.
“Habacuc has put the guests in a position to question their own moral responsibility. Failure to act to save the dog indicates a process of rationalization on behalf of the guest, which probably considered the perceived facts of the situation: the dog was a stray set to face death anyway, it's so far malnourished that it will be miserable regardless, it's for the sake of art and who am I to ruin it, etc.”
Vargas' refusal to comment on the dog's survival has only furthered speculation about the dog's demise and it is precisely what the artist wanted. The furore over the whole situation has become part of the artwork itself with each incensed comment and angry email adding to it's message. Even though no one at the exhibition stepped in to help the poor dog, hundreds of thousands have felt aggrieved enough to sign the petition after reading the email or to leave a comment at the end of a blog. The artwork's title You Are What You Read – it makes sense. To make no action when you feel things are in control but as soon as you're told they aren't and it's easy to do “your bit”, everyone jumps on board.
Vargas' work highlights people's ability to ignore suffering and cruelty until it is presented to them out of the context of everyday life. There are tens of thousands of stray, starving dogs on the streets of San Jose and only a tiny proportion of the global population are actually trying to help them. Then as soon as one is publicly displayed, the whole world throws up their arms in outrage and jostles to get on the bandwagon. By putting the animal in an art gallery, Vargas made an example of the dog. While some people will find that cruel, the statement that he was making about cruelty was immensely resonant, sparking off this global debate. Vargas was, in fact, making an example out of us, the apathetic public. He understood, and intended, the outcry that took place, it was all part of his artwork, and while it doesn't lessen the impact of the impassioned outbursts of those against the spectacle, it shows them in a different perspective. The comments are turned back on the commenters to expose their contradictions. The striking thing is that some people are still not backing down, in spite of the evidence presented that the dog survived and was well-looked after, and stubbornly continue to protest.
“With the unlimited access to information comes the heavy responsibility of critical thinking.”
The furious reactions to the exhibit have come from all over the world, probably further than even Vargas could have imagined. The exaggerated interest has amplified the artist's local concerns about stray dogs on the streets of San Jose and turned them into a global discussion about animal cruelty. This would have been incapable of happening without the World Wide Web. This far-reaching technology has shrunk the world to an unimaginably small scale. Through instant messaging, Facebook statuses and online forums; news, information and gossip can be sent around the planet in a flash and can be discussed between people of cultures than would not usually have contact. The internet has become an interactive, electronic debating table where anyone can voice their opinion, intellectual or ignorant, and be heard, but with the abundance and easy availability of information, you have to be careful what you believe.
Anybody can access Wikipedia and write something, anybody can write a blog and anybody can read them. Chain emails arrive in inboxes everyday claiming that Bill Gates wants to give you money or that forwarding the email to ten more people will bring you good luck and most people delete them instantly but something about Vargas' case was different. Even though it only takes a couple of minutes 'googling' the name Guillermo Vargas to find websites and weblogs that provided evidence to the contrary of the petitions and protests against Vargas' work, millions of people didn't take the time, when faced with the chain email, to think for themselves, do a tiny amount of research and come to an informed decision. Instead they condemn a man off the back of uninformed evidence.
The increase in audience awareness across the world has shifted the possible outcomes of work for artists such as Vargas. His exploration into the reaction that this work could cause highlights how much our communicative powers have changed over the last decade. But equally it exposes our almost unquestionable belief in the information that we know is being written behind screens. Our faith in the words written by others has come out of historical approaches to recording and writing our histories and events. But in this new age of mass un-vetted and uncontrolled communication our creative and expressive avenues must become increasingly self aware, for if you are what you read then we must be able to stand behind what we write.
References
http://www.theginblog.com/2007/10/artist-chains-up
http://www.pluginamp.com/network/node/3575
http://www.dabbler.ca/news/parliament-of-one-starv
Why focus on just onedog that would have died anyway? What this man did was more than a starving of animal. It was to inform the public of general issues of starving dog, and I believe he succeeded at that. Thinnk about it. Killing one dog versus saving millions more by bringing awareness. As cruel as the dog's death is, I wholeheartedly understand the intention behind it.
I have been reading alot of different websites regarding this matter, and I have now become angry at the people that critisized Guillermo. For what he did wasn't the monsterous act we thought at first, as I believe he fed the dog and took care of it outside the exhibition, but a very brave thing to do. We are hypocrites. To only feel enraged at what he did, because he exposed this dog to the public. The dog was in such a bad way because no one was looking after it. Now, it would seem like we do not pay attention to stray dogs unless it is put infront of us. If we help animals, we pat ourselves on our backs, but we do not go out of our way to help them. There are millions of stray dogs such as Natividad out there, but we are only enraged that Guillermo showed it to us. That he put it where we can see it.
people, have you ever saved any starving dogs? If not, shut up
Putting a life on the line in the sake of "art" is NOT "art". This was his own personal way of showing his ideals, but it happened to be in a sick twisted way, and decided to label it as art. Art is easily tossed around, and his definition is false.This man is sick. Being an artist myself, I can say that there is no "art" that is important enough to be expressed through the suffering of another. If he is aiming for slapping us across the face with reality, he could have done it with other means.
hijo de mil putas sos una mierda habria q matarte y hacerte cagar de hambre es verdad q miles de familias mueren de hambre pero el perro no tiene la culpa de lo q pasa en el mundo la tenes vos y te mataria hasta hacerte agonizar y luego te haria sufrir hijo de mil puta
Heartbroken says:
2 years ago
This brought me to tears. This sick person has a pathetic idea of art, and I am heartbroken over this sick torture. We have to stop them! Take action at:http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/675045?REPOS
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