Naked artist nails himself to Red Square in protest

flazio

This had to hurt......a lot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24896784#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i ****ing hate artists

SEPT 23 1989

show off

flazio

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

show off

He had some balls, I'll give him that.

fedor.2.

Stupid

wexie

what an eejit, lets just hope he's made sure he now can't procreate

gramar

Hasn't he heard of No More Nails?http://fun.marinov.net/show.php?id=1614

Dermighty

flazio wrote: »

He had some balls, I'll give him that.

had being the operative word

dilallio

A genuine thanks to the OP for not giving all the horrible details in the thread title.

Dyr

Too many people do not know
Bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves always lose
And this fear keeps them down


And then you'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall,

gobnaitolunacy

Makes a change from the lads who paint themselves in metallic paint and pretend to be statues.

fedor.2.

dilallio wrote: »

A genuine thanks to the OP for not giving all the horrible details in the thread title.

He just nailed his ball sack to the ground

Muise...

Bambi wrote: »

Too many people do not know
Bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves always lose
And this fear keeps them down


And then you'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall,

I'm just looking for one divine hammer
I'd bang it all day
oh the carpenter goes bang
bang bang
I'm just looking for one divine hammer
one divine hammer

weisses

Just a fan who didn't like the latest "nine inch nails" album

danniemcq

its odd, the fact that he nailed it to cobblestone just seems worse.

the vibrations and the fact that he couldn't have got a great swing on it means it can't have been a quick thing either

Duggy747

Must be a participant of the BME Pain Olympics. :pac:

gobnaitolunacy

danniemcq wrote: »

its odd, the fact that he nailed it to cobblestone just seems worse.

the vibrations and the fact that he couldn't have got a great swing on it means it can't have been a quick thing either

He should have drilled them first with a masonry bit, shove in a couple of rawlplugs and screwed them down for a more professional job.

kupus

Wheres the art in that, he's just being an idiot thats looking for attention.

The only thing thats going to happen is the world will move on and he'll have a scar on his balls.
hows that for apathy.

josip

Ooooooowwwww.

I crossed my legs reading that article.

humanji

I genuinely thought the thread title said "Naked artist nails himself to Red Squirrel in protest".

Muise...

humanji wrote: »

I genuinely thought the thread title said "Naked artist nails himself to Red Squirrel in protest".

:eek:

http://wadesaid.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/panic-stricken-squirrels-uh-oh-moment/

humanji

humanji wrote: »

I genuinely thought the thread title said "Naked artist nails himself to Red Squirrel in protest".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSUXXzN26zg

delw

A bit much to go to this extent in protest,ouch......but would any of you AH peeps do this or something as extreme outside the Dail ,i know i wouldn't

http://news.sky.com/story/1166999/protester-nails-scrotum-to-red-square-cobbles

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

They wouldn't have the balls to do it here?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

What a ballbag

Seachmall

I'm not going to go the obvious route and tell you that that takes balls or that he really hammered his point home or that he nailed that protest... actually that's exactly what I'll do.

loubeelou

Well he achieved attention for his cause, so job well done.
I wouldn't do it, but thats only cause i don't have any balls.

kowloon

Could he not have done a powerpoint presentation or something?

Muise...

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

AnonoBoy

Ah we don't have the weather for that sort of carry-on here so we don't.

Conmaicne Mara

Did they give him the snips?

Neutronale

He's got to be taking the mickey :rolleyes:

Jester252

God you don't understand the deep meaning of his art. tosses hair back

major bill

In Soviet Russian Prison.......Balls nail him

danniemcq

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Panthro

Just spotted this. Holy crap.

Red Square has seen a lot over the centuries, from public executions to giant military parades, but a performance artist broke new ground on Sunday when he nailed his scrotum to cobblestones in a painful act of protest.

Pyotr Pavlensky said the protest was his response to Russia's descent into a "police state" and was timed to coincide with Police Day, which Russia's law enforcement officials celebrated on Sunday.

"The performance can be seen as a metaphor for the apathy, political indifference and fatalism of contemporary Russian society," Pavlensky said in a statement. "As the government turns the country into one big prison, stealing from the people and using the money to grow and enrich the police apparatus and other repressive structures, society is allowing this, and forgetting its numerical advantage, is bringing the triumph of the police state closer by its inaction."

Pavlensky has a history of self-harming art, including sewing his lips together to protest against the jail sentences given to members of Pussy Riot and wrapping himself in barbed wire outside a Russian government building, which he said symbolised "the existence of a person inside a repressive legal system".

The leading Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov wrote on his Facebook page that the performance was a "powerful gesture of absolute despair".

Pavlensky walked on to Red Square on Sunday lunchtime, stripped off and nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Russia's most famous public space. He was taken to hospital an hour later and given basic treatment for his injuries but declined to be admitted. He was later taken to a police station.

Pavlensky is due to appear before a district court in Moscow on Monday over the stunt and could be jailed for up to 15 days.

Source
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/artist-nails-testicles-red-square-pyotr-pavlensky
Video (pixel vid)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/nov/11/russian-artist-nails-testicles-red-square-cobbles-video

Spike Witwicky

Already posted

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057080516

endacl

Performance art me bollix.

The Diabolical Monocle

The bleedin little bollox

Augmerson

Nailed it.

lukesmom

What a dick

Kristopherus

Mr Soup wrote: »

Ah he was the famous Russian with 3 balls......Yuri Nickabollikov?

I thought he was Yuri Ikutabolikov:D

MadsL

kupus wrote: »

Wheres the art in that, he's just being an idiot thats looking for attention..

What's the point in a protest that ISN'T seeking attention?

Russia will have being gay an executable offence in 5 years at the rate they are going...

Standard Toaster

Another one!

wp_rathead

must been drunk..
..or should i say.. hammered


*leaves coat as don't deserve one*

The Diabolical Monocle

Ha ! take that Putin...nailed my balls to the ground - that'll make you think next time.

kneemos

I could see those Russian policemen just pulling him away.

wandatowell

Hate these w@nkers who go around calling themselves "artists"

F*ckin' dopes

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

I could see those Russian policemen just pulling him away.

OWWW! Im a woman, and that hurt me to read....:P

ollaetta

Deleted User wrote: »

I crossed my legs reading that article.

Imagine if he missed the head of the nail with the hammer!