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u/Charlie_NLG 13h ago
Adult version of when a kid says look what I can do then does something weak.
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u/Fluffy_Feeling_9326 13h ago
Raygun’s successor
https://giphy.com/gifs/1tWa6agib0Vk9m7lDq
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u/WaterGlassPuncherMan 13h ago
Did they pay to watch this?
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u/Labrador6Pak 13h ago
Yes this was on everyone’s bucket list
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u/Emergency_Accident36 13h ago
They essentially pay each other millions under corporate umbrellas. I see your show, you see mine; one time you strached my nuts another time I had a guy bury your X or Boss and we write it all off on the books.
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u/Shane-Dad-underfire 13h ago
People pay to watch this stuff too. My wife was trying to cozy up to some artsy types and they dragged her to something like this where someone was portraying the irony of capitalism and its slavery with an actual iron and ironing board.
200 dollars a seat to watch some angry college grad iron clothes in varying states of frenzy and proficiency. Even asked for audience members clothing and ruined some. Folks werent even angry... when she told me all about this I lost a little more faith in humanity.
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u/that_dutch_dude 13h ago
sounds like she got to experience the irony of capitalism.
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u/Shane-Dad-underfire 13h ago
Oh 100% I laughed at it all for a couple days everytime I saw pressed shirts.
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u/terminaloptimism 10h ago
I watched someone get kicked in the nuts by a bald lady in a harness while he was wearing an adult diaper then shit himself. This performance piece cost ten bucks per ticket.
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u/WasabiLiving6465 6h ago
Damn, and I’ve been letting people watch me shit my pants for free this whole time?!
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u/Ghosty_Boo-B00 12h ago
These are the people that buy bananas taped to walls for obscene money.
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u/plantborb 12h ago
No these are the people that make the banana taped to the wall. Rich people laundering their money and hiding assets buy it. This gives the banana taper more clout and (kinda hilariously) proves their point to less nuanced observers.
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u/shagan90 12h ago
Growing up I did work on some rich folks 'farm' (pet project more like), and they would routinely go to this event where the grass is painted with a checker board pattern, each square numbered (A1, B6, etc.), and a cow let loose on this patch. They would literally bet money on which square the cow would shit in first, and they fucking loved it.
Rich people do weird shit with their money
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u/SameasmyPIN1077 12h ago
If you already have a cow and a farm, that feels like some good cheap fun. Go all out and make it a big silly overhyped event. I'd attend that shit.
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u/ExtendoArmCannon 13h ago
Remember that these are the same people who shout "Read more theory" while pretending to be smarter than everyone else in the room.
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u/TumbleweedNo4678 12h ago
I've seen this thing where people paid to fill a stadium to watch dudes throw a rubber ball into a metal ring. They did it over and over again and everybody got all excited about it.
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u/HairyMerkin69 13h ago
Why is there always an audience for these things?
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u/Shaner20 12h ago
Everyone is too scared to be seen as the only one who "doesn't get it". What you need is a half pissed Scottish bloke to loudly declare "This shite is pish!" before kicking the bucket.
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u/Ok_Post_3884 12h ago
Small art shows like these usually have free booze and sometimes little sandwiches
When I was a college student many moons ago in san francisco i would check the listings for gallery openings. Got drunk for free so many times
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u/The_Real_Hantori 12h ago
Personally, I would go to performances and exhibition opening nights (usually stuff made by the local art school students) mostly because usually there was a cool thing or two to see, cool people to meet and free wine
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u/Taychon2319 13h ago
I was sitting here thinking she was building up to do something cool but she just did what a 3 year old would do if you gave them a bucket on a string.
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u/RandomDent6x7 12h ago
"Mom! Mom, watch this! Look what I can do. Look how high I can kick! Mom, are you watching???"
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u/Buckfutter_Inc 13h ago
The leg kicks but not timing them for the bucket to go under the leg. The hip obviously cramping and starting to give out. This is just chef's kiss perfect.
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u/DepressedHorrorFan 12h ago
Oh but when I do this I get a drunk and disorderly charge. Fucking bullshit!
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u/Fibrosis5O 7h ago
I too have mental illness, can I be exploited like this for money
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u/willdosketchythings 13h ago
I am not being facetious: Can someone tell me if you can make good money doing this? Good money means about ~ $300k per year.
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u/DenialNode 12h ago
I can say quite confidently this person does not pull down 300k per year from this
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u/KactusVAXT 12h ago
Not from performance of these acts. They have a trust fund that they piss away to do this shit
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u/Virambulans 12h ago
When I was a little kid I used to do things like this for free. I could have been a millionaire!
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u/Wumbologist_PhD cřingè papa 9h ago
Most of them make good money while doing this thanks to their trust funds.
I love art, but I hate pretentious art school yuppies.
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u/TheSilentTitan 11h ago
Actually? Yeah.
Comes down to how you portray yourself just enough so that these weirdos take you seriously.
My cousin did an “art piece” where it was a basketball that was dipped in paint and thrown at the canvas randomly. It was a joke but when he submitted it people started surrounding it completely enthralled for some reason.
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u/willdosketchythings 11h ago
I think that's the key isn't it...being able to find people who are enthralled by this type of "performance".
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u/Cabbages24ADollar 8h ago
Can they legit launder money off of it, is the question?
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u/SNaKe_eaTel2 6h ago
It’s been done very recently by someone pretty well known selling finger paintings for 1/2 mil each out of a rehab center.
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u/woodenleghen 12h ago
I think yes, but you have to already live in and be a part of the class of people that can throw money away on this.
Hundreds of people busk or perform like this on the street. The reason they don’t get paid beaucoup bucks is because they don’t have a friend with an art gallery downtown that tells all their friends at the brunch at the Ritz that you’re “performing” at their gallery tonight.
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u/Prudent-Sorbet-5202 13h ago
Depends on how much you are willing to hustle and endure humiliation
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u/Training-Belt-7318 12h ago
There's like 15 people there. If she got 15 people to come watch this every day for 365 days, she'd need each of those people to pay $54.
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u/Excludos 6h ago
You? No. Modern art isn't about skills or knowledge, it's about connections. A minority of people with the right connections gets the grants, pulls the crowds, is placed in newspapers, etc. The rest, some of which are incredibly talented, fights every day to break bread
My mom is an artist. Conflict of interest aside, she is one of the most talented painters I know. If it wasn't for my dad supporting her financially, she would not have been able to do what she does
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u/Neoterra256 13h ago
What kind of drugs do you need to enjoy this? I have no idea.
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u/Mountain-Singer1764 13h ago
I don't know, I'm sure I'd understand it in depth on LSD but that doesn't mean I'd like it or tolerate being there.
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u/Midloran05 13h ago
Probably called something like "hungry little goat boy of Wisconsin" or some shit
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u/TheReviewerWildTake 13h ago
It is actually pretty deep and serious.
The noise, the bucket, dark outfit, the calculated movement - it is symbolic portrayal of a person with a lot of time to dedicate to a bs like that.
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u/Flowkey_mma 13h ago
Smh.
At least this one isnt as cringe as the video of the chick playing in snot Goop that I saw on here the other day.
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u/Dunn_or_what 13h ago
I PAID TO SEND THEM TO ART SCHOOL AN THIS IS WHAT THEY DO? I WANT A REFUND!!!! /s 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Far_Lettuce_6708 12h ago
that could have been a mop and she could have been doing something usefull
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u/IAmAlive_YouAreDead 12h ago
This feels like one of Family Guys extended cutaway guys
"Hey Peter remember that time you thought you were a performance artist?"
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u/Beatrix_-_Kiddo 12h ago
I'm pretty sure these "artists" have a bet going where the winner is the one who gets funding for the maddest shit they can think of.
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u/diemanaboveall 12h ago
An interesting conversation on the pitfalls of capitalism The Continuous Perpetual cycle of what it is to participate within a capitalistic Society The Never Ending struggle the revolving door of a male centered Society with the Perpetual cycle of carrying the heavy weight of what it is to be an vegan gluten free biracial bicurious intersectional feminist.
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u/NuNoJCJ1987 7h ago
I couldn’t agree more with your assessment. This art clearly demonstrates the capitalist deterioration emanating from oligarchic consolidation, systemic commodification, socioeconomic stratification, and financialized exploitation, precipitating institutional delegitimization and structural disequilibrium.
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u/Needs_More_Garlic 12h ago
I didnt realize this is what my child was trying to tell me during their games of "spin the thingy" and "keepy uppy"
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u/interdit_et_oublie 12h ago
i’ll speak for all vegans, we want none of this shit. please don’t include us in your post-modern manifesto
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 13h ago
She's doing this for shits and giggles and they're lapping it up
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u/Muted-Squirrel-231 13h ago
This is what I desperately want to believe. But I knew a girl, many years ago, who considered herself an artist. She essentially made underwear out of dead fish. She wore this at a small exhibit and said it was a statement on female empowerment. Totally serious too. When a review came out that called out this 'art,' she took so much LSD she checked herself into the local mental hospital.
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u/Professional-Mix-562 13h ago
Janitor walks in 3 hrs later . Wtf! What did they do to these floors?! Look at the scuffs!!
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u/Little_Friendship803 13h ago
This reminds me of the stuff I see women her age doing at the gym. Just nonsense.
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u/Express_Whereas_6074 12h ago
Just a bunch of out-of-touch trust fund babies who think this has deep meaning.
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u/Redsnapper1202 12h ago
Sad thing is she went to school for this bs and probably has student debt she's waiting to be forgiven.
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u/pickingbrains321 12h ago
That could actually be really cool if she had any sort of athletic skill. Seen very entertaining stuff with a simple prop one would think is ridiculous, until the person starting doing their routine.
This is just low effort, nonsense.
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u/Janus-DiuomDeo 12h ago
What drugs do you have to be on to do this. I’d like to avoid them.
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u/jaquar123 12h ago
According to this video I'm something of a choreographer myself when I bust out the feather toy for my cat.
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u/Checkmate-Petty 12h ago
Do u notice that there r only 1 group of people there doing this nonsense.
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u/fristi-cookie 12h ago
People like this have no idea how annoying it is to undo the scratches in the floor.
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u/Beneficial-Map8222 12h ago
Like... Am I unable to see the HIDDEN ART or somethin
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u/Desert_Sewer_Rat 12h ago
Legit mental illness to do this and even bigger to sit and watch this
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u/BeSeenNotCena 9h ago
Who's floor is that? They're gonna be pissed about all the scratches and grooves she's leaving behind.
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u/_Student7257 13h ago
The audience are the dumbest ones here. Paying to watch a grown adult act like a toddler.
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u/Ash29k 13h ago
We used to have actual talented artists now any crazy can fling a bucket around a room or shit enema paint on the floor and call it "art"
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u/lucky_jack777 13h ago
This type of art is extremely thought provoking. I was thinking “did I really just waste my time watching an idiot flail about and call it art?” Yes, yes I did.
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u/Gamble232real 13h ago
This speaks to me so much. Finally I have something that can awaken the inner bucket on a string dragger part of my soul.
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u/LionSlicerBirchman 13h ago
Ah man, they're not even taking the good kind of drugs anymore. I tell you what.
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u/skyHawk3613 12h ago
Is she making this up on the fly, or did she actually practice this?
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u/WandelendeTak 11h ago
Does this pay a lot? Otherwise I’ll quit my job and do this fulltime.. I have some tools in the shed I could swing around and stuff
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u/MassholeForLife 13h ago
Mom’s grad school senior thesis has resurfaced.
Damn it mom!
Always with the buckets.
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u/LobabyChick 13h ago
This reminds me of something a 3 year old would do while yelling “watch me mom, watch”!
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u/Fast_Restaurant6488 13h ago
Every time I see something like this I just think about Freddie Prince Jr using his hacky sack.
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u/Accurate_Way_9417 13h ago
Ministry of Silly Walks...anyone?
I was waiting for her to "kick the bucket"...
It's pronounced BOUQUET
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u/IFbicple4bicple 12h ago
We used to do this exact thing with a jump rope at 8 years old
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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 12h ago
Hell if they think this is art, they should see me unloading the truck at the landfill. I’m freaking Michelangelo
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u/GuacamoleFrejole 7h ago
Looks as if this student forgot to do her assignment and searched the janitor's closet for impromptu material.
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u/Automatic-Tadpole314 12h ago
You can’t fool me that’s Kamala Harris, she’s been drinking more lately.
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u/Fool_on_da_hill 13h ago
That must be the sister of that Australian Olympic breakdancer