Drugs Prove More Interesting Than Art

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A Cuban artist is reportedly saddened that nobody is paying attention to her recent performance, just the trays of cocaine at it. According to Artnet News, Tania Bruguera staged the controversy-generating piece at an arts and politics conference in Bogota, Colombia on August 27th:

It began with three figures — representing, the artist said, a right-wing paramilitary fighter, a left-wing guerrilla and a refugee displaced by the long-running conflict in Colombia — all speaking simultaneously into a microphone. However, whatever they were trying to communicate was overshadowed when the second part of the show began, with an assistant wading into the crowd carrying a tray laden with lines of coke, presenting it for the audience’s consumption.

When they realized it was actually the “good stuff,” audience members apparently hoovered up three trays worth before police were called.


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