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Thailand Artist Makes Edible 'Body Parts'
2005-09-12
Well, there are *some* 'body parts' I certainly wouldn't want to eat, especially in public...
By WATCHARAPORN TAITHONGCHAI, Associated Press Writer
Isn't he one of our regular anon contributers?
POTHARAM, Thailand - Inside a dark room, realistic-looking "human body parts" are stacked on shelves and hanging on meat hooks. The place looks like a mortuary or the lair of a serial killer, but in fact, it's a bakery. What appears to be putrefying body parts are the bread sculptures of 28-year-old art student Kittiwat Unarrom. "Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they knew the idea behind it, they understood and became interested in the work itself, instead of thinking that I am crazy," said the fine arts master's degree student.
Nah. You're still crazy.
He hopes his realistic artwork will make people ponder whether they are consuming food, or food is consuming them. "Everyone's life is rushed nowadays, even when it comes to eating," he said. "When we eat, we don't think about our health or safety, we only think of our taste buds."

As an undergraduate art student, Kittiwat started painting portraits. He then moved to mixed media and finally dough — a natural medium for him since his family runs a bakery. 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. He now is receiving regular orders from the curious and from pranksters who want to surprise their friends or colleagues, but that's a minor sideline.

By the end of the year, Kittiwat's confectionary slaughterhouse will go on display at Bangkok's Silpakorn University. It's his final dissertation, and he hopes it will secure him a master of arts degree. "When people see the bread, they don't want to eat it. But when they taste it, it's just normal bread," he said. "The lesson is 'don't judge just by outer appearances.'"
"Yuuummmmm, pie!"
Posted by:anonymous5089

#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  

#2  Calling Randall Robinson. We found your cannibals.
Posted by: ed   2005-09-12 15:18  

#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  

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