Further proof that "art" is irrelevant

[Hawkmoon]

http://www.newser.com/story/164963/tilda-swinton-sleeping-in-a-box-in-nyc.html

So now an "artist" sleeping in a glass box -- or not -- is considered "art." Apparently what makes it "art" is that nobody knows when or if the "artist" will be sleeping there on any particular day.

Color me not impressed.

[RevDisk]

Who is Tilda Swinton?

[TechMan]

Probably got a .gov art grant to do it.

[brimic]

I'd find the display much more intriguing if it contained a Geiger counter that can trip a hammer to break a vial of poison.

[White Horseradish]

Who is Tilda Swinton?

English actress.

There is a "Paul is dead" kind of a conspiracy theory that she and David Bowie are the same person.

[TechMan]

I'd find the display much more intriguing if it contained a Geiger counter that can trip a hammer to break a vial of poison.

I find your ideas interesting and would like to subscribe to your newsletter

[Jamisjockey]

Probably got a .gov art grant to do it.

This.

Art is only relevant when it stands on its own.  When people walk by and stick a five spot in a viewing portal to find out if the "artist" is awake or asleep.....well then now we've got a concept!

Sadly, the productive class subsidizes the existence of the artist class. 

[vaskidmark]

This.

Art is only relevant when it stands on its own.  When people walk by and stick a five spot in a viewing portal to find out if the "artist" is awake or asleep.....well then now we've got a concept!

Sadly, the productive class subsidizes the existence of the artist class. 

Are you going to put little booths there, too.  Ones with really sticky plastic chairs?  And when you put your $5 bill in the slot a screen drops down until the timer raises it back up?

Least I heard that's how the art houses used to do it.

stay safe.

[Jamisjockey]

Are you going to put little booths there, too.  Ones with really sticky plastic chairs?  And when you put your $5 bill in the slot a screen drops down until the timer raises it back up?

Least I heard that's how the art houses used to do it.

stay safe.

Sure.  There's a show and a profit to be made. 

[Tallpine]

Who is Tilda Swinton?

The White Witch of Narnia 

(always winter and never Christmas ...)

[lee n. field]

Who is Tilda Swinton?

Played the white witch in the most recent film version of the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.

[lee n. field]

I'd find the display much more intriguing if it contained a Geiger counter that can trip a hammer to break a vial of poison.

The artist in kind of a dead/undead quantum state, depending on viewership.  Cool.

[MechAg94]

The only way I want to watch someone sit in a booth is if I can throw balls at a pressure plate that will dump them in a tub of water if I connect.  Leave it to stuck up city people to take the fun out of a classic. 

[MillCreek]

The artist in kind of a dead/undead quantum state, depending on viewership.  Cool.

Schroedinger's Artist.

[brimic]

Are you going to put little booths there, too.  Ones with really sticky plastic chairs?  And when you put your $5 bill in the slot a screen drops down until the timer raises it back up?

Least I heard that's how the art houses used to do it.

Performing Arts center?
How about Art's Performing Center?
http://www.yelp.com/biz/arts-performing-center-milwaukee

From the reviews section:

"f you're in Milwaukee and looking for a fun time out for the guys, just go to Art's. 

Is it classy? No. Is it respectable? No. Is it clean? Of course not! It's a strip club, but it certainly isnt a petri dish breeding ground for bioterrorism like a previous review said (though admittedly that was part of the reason we decided to go).

First, it's a $5 cover and the entertainment factor is well worth it (that's the only thing that drove my review). As we entered we saw the bouncer get into it with a lanky crack head who after it all ended, made a gun with his fingers and went "pop pop," which made it even more exciting to go in.  side note, the area is swarming with cops and they promptly tossed him into a wall, cuffed him and arrested him.

It's a small, quaint establishment with only one stage and a small not so private area for dances, though I opted out of that one.  The dancers are bad. Skinny, but not attractive.  Tattoos covered one dancer almost over 75% of her body, and not quality ink... Good old fashioned prison tats.  One had a lovely tattoo of a moon smoking a joint.  Now that's class!  C-scars? You betcha! They're aplenty and might possibly be a prerequisite for employment here, but as a parent, I think it's important to support single mothers.

Other reviews mentioned the girls trolling for tips after their shows and I didn't see any of that though if it does happen, remember it is ok to say no.

But what made me really love this place, what made it worth the short walk from our hotel and certainly the cover charge was the pregnant bartender behind the bar.  You heard me right boys and girls, a pregnant bartender.

For all these reasons, the short time we spent here made our night a success and I felt compelled to suggest to anybody they come here for a laugh!"

[Monkeyleg]

God, I had a client who liked to go to Art's Performing Center. Of course, I had to take him there as part of "business". Pretty grungy girls, at least back then.

[AJ Dual]

The Encore roughly 60 blocks to the west is just as bad.

It's pretty much everything Art's is, except that the dancer is your neighborhood friend's bitter divorced mother, and the decor is more towards the "late-70's Masonite paneling basement rec-room of the house the afore mentioned mom won in the divorce".

[griz]

Who is Tilda Swinton?

My first thought was a Jeopardy question where the answer was "don't know, don't care".

[Boomhauer]

A buddy down here was taken for a tour of the local strip clubs. They wound up at Nakitas and left quickly after seeing a dancer with hemmeroids.

[brimic]