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Candy Crack Artist Succeeds, Pisses People Off

Bucky Turco — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:03:25 +0000

Congratulations are in order for Nate Hill. The artist’s Candy Crack delivery service was profiled in the Daily News, where he managed to anger an old lady, baffle the vice president of a substance abuse center, and force a police source to fantasize about arresting him: “It’s just candy. Unfortunately, being criminally stupid is not illegal.” |NYDN|

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Candy Crack Delivery Service Accepting Limited Orders

Bucky Turco — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:11:35 +0000

On July 24th, Nate Hill will officially start peddling his Candy Crack between the hours of 10PM and 2AM. Sugar-craving custies that live off the L Train, between the Bedford and Montrose Avenue stops, can “call or text 347-742-2293 for delivery.” The artist will show up to people’s houses in full mascot regalia to sell the “make believe” drugs. And this is what makes the project intriguing according to Hill. That and the interplay involved in letting a complete stranger into your house. He writes:

We are inviting ourselves into your home and there is some risk there. The project’s infantilization of drugs and drug dealing is, of course strange and interesting, but this serves only as a bridge to arrange an unexpected meeting of strangers in what is a theatrical make-believe drug sale in your very own home.

Bouncy Rides Artist Announces ‘Crack’ Slinging Project

Bucky Turco — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:01:10 +0000

Nate Hill is truly a transformative artist. He’s gone from rewriting the bible to creating roadkill sculptures and giving free human-powered bouncy rides. Now, the artist and his Club Animals crew are hatching a new project: Candy Crack Delivery. Starting next month, he plans on “childizing drugs and drug dealing” by peddling a “100% sugar crack cocaine substitute that comes in different flavors (with snow cone syrup).” Hill plans on bagging up four rocks in a bag and selling them for “$1 a pop” to sweet tooth fiending custies in NYC. But it’s the distribution that really gives it a nice, albeit strange, touch. “I deliver it in a mascot head, a tuxedo, and white gloves to your house,” writes the artist.