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2005-09-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Thailand Artist Makes Edible 'Body Parts'

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-09-12 10:15|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "He hopes his realistic artwork will make people ponder whether they are consuming food, or food is consuming them."

That's not what people will think.

"When we eat, we don't think about our health or safety, we only think of our taste buds."

You are what you eat? I don't get it.

"Along with edible human heads crafted from dough, chocolate, raisins and cashews, Kittiwat makes human arms, feet, and chicken and pig parts. He uses anatomy books and his vivid memories of visiting a forensics museum to create the human parts."

Well, of course it's going to get decadent, pretty fast.

"When people see the bread, they don't want to eat it.

That's good. People shouldn't be cannibals.

"But when they taste it, it's just normal bread," he said. "The lesson is 'don't judge just by outer appearances.'"

Okay, now I'm lost again. We should eat it, or we shouldn't?

In any case, it's just sick and helps breaks down barriers that shouldn't be broken down, IMO.

Posted by ex-lib 2005-09-12 14:47|| 2005-09-12 14:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Calling Randall Robinson. We found your cannibals.

Posted by ed 2005-09-12 15:18|| 2005-09-12 15:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Mexicans eat bread and sugar candy skulls and skeletons on the the Day of the Dead (1.November). I don't think this Thai artist is going to have much effect on his culture -- it's a typical Starving Artist Look at Meeee! gesture. Pointing and laughing are the best responses.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-12 19:29|| 2005-09-12 19:29|| Front Page Top

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