Artist Paid $11k (Taxpayer Money) To Drink 48 Beers & Fall Off A Beam

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A JAPANESE artist has been paid £5000 ($11,800) of taxpayers' money to drink 48 bottles of beer and then fall off a wooden beam.

The "performance", which took place at an arts centre in Cardiff, has outraged members of the local council and caused bafflement among the public, many of whom do exactly that every Friday and Saturday night, without getting paid.
However, an arts centre spokesman said: "This wasn't just about a woman drinking a lot of beer. This was a powerful piece of art."

Tomoko Takahashi, 39, who performs under the name Anti-Cool, was once nominated for the Turner Prize for her installations of rubbish.

She says her performance "comments on the availability and use of mass-produced products".

But she is now being accused of encouraging binge drinking.

Takahashi put on the performance art show at the Chapter arts centre in the Canton area of Cardiff.

The 50 people watching the show, part of a month-long Experimentica 05 season, saw Takahashi dressed in a smart black business suit and high heels, drinking beer from a large bag suspended from the ceiling.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17048392-13762,00.html

:shrug:

From the tentacle anime porn.

Okay, let me see...

1. Put on sharp black business suit and cruel shoes. No problem.

2. Sit on a 6x6. Still no problem.

3. Drink two cases of suds. STILL no problem.

4. Fall off the 6x6. Hmm...after you drink two cases of beer, is there another way to get down?

Okay, I'm qualified.