THE DOG DIDN'T DIE. STOP RESPONDING TO THIS THREAD. locked
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In 2007, Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, a so called artist, took an abandoned dog from the streets, tied him to a very short rope to a wall in an art gallery, and left a kettle of food on the other side of the room, beyond his reach, and left him there to slowly die of hunger and thirst.
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Shaan W.
NOWHERE IMPORTANT,
United States
79 posts
OG since: 07/23/2008
It's art, but it's disgusting and I don't respect it.
posted Dec 4, 2009
Camila C.
DUBAI,
Colombia
112 posts
OG since: 11/21/2009
i guess it's art but i cannot bring myself to even think of it...not even close. it's so inhumane.
art may be the only thing you can get away with but a living creature doesn't deserve this.
posted Dec 4, 2009
Lucas H.
THE INTERNET,
United States
23 posts
OG since: 12/04/2009
What is worse than this happening is that no one did anything about it. I would have found the artist and beat his ass.
posted Dec 5, 2009
Elke B.
BRISBANE,
Australia
12 posts
OG since: 03/25/2009
would the artist be offended if i were to tie him up on a short rope with food across the room so people could watch him die? ofcourse it would all be in the name of art.
posted Dec 5, 2009
Habin K.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
1 posts
OG since: 11/29/2009
thats ridiculously cruel
posted Dec 5, 2009
Ali G.
MALIBU,
United States
19 posts
OG since: 10/31/2009
i think it's absolutely ridiculous that some of you are calling this "art".
tying a dog to a short rope leaving it to starve is most definitely not art.
absolutely fucking not. just stupid, morbid & ridiculous.
anything can cause emotions. talking to someone causes emotions & a reaction, is that also considered art? i'm sort of disgusted by the stupidity of the lot of you.
posted Dec 6, 2009
Lan C.
MORDOR,
New Zealand
300 posts
OG since: 09/21/2009
That is absolutely disgusting.
I've never heard of something as inhumane and twisted as this.
It is NOT art, art and cruelty do NOT mix and this makes me sick to the stomach.
Who is he to do this? Someone should do this to him and call it "art"
I'm so disgusted, I hate animal cruelty and it's people like this that make the world the sick, miserable and damaged place it is.
posted Dec 6, 2009
Kailee H.
COLORADO/PDX/L.A.,
United States
498 posts
OG since: 06/10/2008
a dog was brought to near death in front of a crowd and exploited, well gee, i feel totally better about it now!
when will this be allowed on humans? children at that, since they've got about the same IQ as a dog...i mean orphans might just die on the street anyways too. art is art, right?
i'll respond if i please, i care about animals alot more than people sometimes...especially since they don't have the asshole demeanor most humans do. obviously the issue of whether the dog died or not wasn't the main worry, it was that it had to suffer. apparently some don't give a shit about other creature's lives...i don't know why you're trying to convince us this ISN'T wrong or awful, people are going to feel the way they feel. it just shows lack of compassion towards others. take that however you want, i just think when an animal can totally be helped, it should be...not toyed with for entertainment.
posted Dec 7, 2009
Stephanie R.
RICHMOND,
United States
201 posts
OG since: 10/16/2009
I'm genuinely amused by the amount of people that still posted about the dead dog after at least 15 posts saying he didn't die.
posted Dec 8, 2009
Gabrielle H.
A LONELY WORLD,
New Zealand
127 posts
OG since: 08/30/2008
me too. it was funny to see it pop up again, a reminder of what lookbook used to be like
posted Dec 8, 2009
Francis Y.
NEWCASTLE,
United Kingdom
2117 posts
OG since: 08/04/2009
DEAD DOG :O
posted Jan 9, 2010
Daniel M.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
2513 posts
OG since: 08/21/2009
The dog died?
posted Jan 10, 2010
Rebecca H.
ALBERTA,
Canada
12 posts
OG since: 01/10/2010
Dear Ken K
Horrible argument.......in no way is animal cruelty art......your pretty disturbed, not gonna lie.
posted Jan 11, 2010
Tati W.
WHO WANT TO LIVE!,
Germany
6 posts
OG since: 02/02/2010
-.- ART AND THIS? he only say: what do you want? you see so much animals die on street and you donßt do anything<< i mean HELLO? what teh heck he think is he god? CAN HE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT! art don´t want that animals die
posted Feb 9, 2010
Lala B.
THE REZ,
United States
26 posts
OG since: 01/24/2010
wtf? pretentious motherf*cker. you can call anything art, obviously, but that's a sick cry for attention. good art is honest. this is not that.
posted Feb 12, 2010
Kevin M.
UPSIDE DOWN LOOKING UP, ARIZONA,
United States
494 posts
OG since: 10/03/2009
the artist won
posted Feb 13, 2010
Spencer E.
OTTAWA / MONTREAL,
Canada
877 posts
OG since: 07/31/2009
title made me giggle
posted Feb 16, 2010
Iga M.
United States
50 posts
OG since: 02/15/2010
bravo!
posted Feb 16, 2010
Mooo N.
THE LAND OF TEACUPS,
United Kingdom
467 posts
OG since: 04/05/2010
that is NOT art. at all.
its just cruel and disgusting
posted May 9, 2010
Joss K.
SCOTLAND,
United Kingdom
1040 posts
OG since: 04/18/2010
Disgusting. If you don't want people to respond why don't you just delete the thread.
posted May 9, 2010
Julia L.
NEW YORK CITY,
United States
181 posts
OG since: 05/04/2010
I don't necessarily think the artist was wrong. I mean the dog, if it was a stray, would have eventually starved to death on the street regardless if he used it in his exhibit or not. You see everyone making a big commotion about it because it was leashed to a wall and then used in an art exhibit, but you guys don't think a thing about a starving dog or cat you see in an alleyway.
posted May 9, 2010
Gigi M.
United States
14 posts
OG since: 05/05/2010
Hm, so this thread is also on Lookbook? I remember reading about it on another site. Must get a lot of responses. Mostly the same ones about how it's "disgusting" and "wrong."
I agree with Joss. I just looked at the post and it was posted one year ago. I guess it's good for newbies to voice their opinion as well...maybe.
The title is a bit misleading, but I bet it makes a lot of people want to repsond. Curiosity kills the cat.
posted May 11, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
You guys.
The dog was fed and actually escaped within a day. The statement that it starved and the photo "evidence" were fabricated. The artist himself even signed the petition to ban the exhibition.
Old news is old, THE END.
posted May 11, 2010
Caitlyn W.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NUT HOUSE,
United States
93 posts
OG since: 02/25/2010
this is art. the artist did this as a slap in the face to society.
well that's what I belive. yes it is indeed inhuman but he tried to make a point. this is what he wanted. all the different people to have there own remarks. and the dog got away . so let's pretend that the dog lived a happy life after that like you pretend that you could do something to stop all the famine.
man I really do feel sorry for this dog but the truth is the truth. sad as is.
posted Jun 10, 2010
Marie M.
AALBORG,
Denmark
551 posts
OG since: 04/06/2008
a lot of things can be art.
i just don't think death or torture is art.
some people say the 9/11 is art.
but it's up to the viewer. some people find it art, some don't.
posted Jul 16, 2010