[Aerich]

I take your point, Melusine. Art CAN be sick and disturbing, if you define Art as something that that is done for no more *practical* purpose than to amuse, provoke, cause aesthetic enjoyment, etc.

If you will allow me to nitpick for a moment, [img]smile.gif[/img] the difference between killing the goldfish and killing a salmon is arguably "necessity"; I know that any vegetarians on the forum will have a problem with this statement. If not necessity, at least killing and eating a salmon serves the purpose of being food. It is not "wasted."

I won't even touch the topic of commercial food production, as their practices are inhumane and indefensible.

Getting back to the "Art" in question, I have rethought my position a little. I think it *was* Art, and much less offensive than some other exhibits I've seen, up until someone pushed the button.

That said, once someone pushes the button, it becomes gratuitous killing. I think that this would be more palatable as Art if none of the blenders worked.