Suspension art?

[IamPixie]

Ok so last saturday I went to an art/ suspension show in the city.The friends I was with were completely psyched and fascinated by this shit but I found it completely barbaric and I had to leave after about 10-15 mins. Here are some pics that I thought I would share with you guys. What do you think, art or freak show?

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/27229/2437668540056009707S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2437668540056009707hYGEGH)

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/26507/2807678680056009707S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2807678680056009707DETRro)

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/29369/2509353320056009707S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2509353320056009707KhpFZh)

ok I almost vomited just posting these shots.

[epo]

I never really get the point of this kinda stuff. Hey, if that's your thing...great, but I just don't get it.

[DarkHippie]

I'm not getting the artistic value of the work or what they are trying to express

[ScottFromGA]

ouch.:huh:

[Badinia]

Suspension is so 1996.

Bellydancing is so 1998.

Firedancing is so 2000.

It's all about hula-hooping now. Another year, another trendy performance thingy.

And all four of these make me wanna vomit, but only one makes me want to pass out.

[smiler grogan]

Freak show stuff
It was originally a native american ritual I believe.
Now it's done by people exploring body modification. This is nothing new
and as a performance art piece its not breaking any new ground.

[JPMNICK]

i doubt i would have lasted much longer than you Pixie. I am all for checking out cool new things, but that is just weird.

[PapaBear]

I don't see the point, but I guess some people get hooked on it.:flush:

[lleeder]

I like how in the first picture the guy has a vitamin water bottle in his hand. It contrasts nicely with the hooks in the back.

[BoondockSaint]

Is the third guy looking to superman a ho?

[Hottub]

I've seen this on TLC. It is somehow supposed to set your spirit free or some hippie shit.
You dig it? Cool. That's your thing. I'll be down the block grabbing a beer.

[PapaBear]

Shouldn't setting your spirit free, be something that's only done when you die? It would suck to live without my spirit.

[SatCam]

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/27229/2437668540056009707S425x425Q85.jpg

i didnt kno zach galifianakis was into this kind of stuff

[topless_mike]

but I guess some people get hooked on it.

:lol:
what papabear said.



on the real, body mod= so not for me.
you lasted longer than i would have.
i have a sharp pain in my groin just from looking at the first pic. i cant possibly imagine what it would have been like there in person.

yuck

[Furtherman]

Pain don't hurt.

[A.J.]

In New York this is considered art.

In GITMO this is considered human rights abuses.

[IamPixie]

i have a sharp pain in my groin just from looking at the first pic. i cant possibly imagine what it would have been like there in person.

yuck

Honestly after I left I felt very agitated and anxious just from watching. Nothing I would ever consider witnessing again for entertainment.

[Dougie Brootal]

what a strange world we live in.

[drusilla]

i think the first time i ever saw that was in dee snyder's strangeland. i don't think it really bothers me. it is a bit off & looks pretty painful, but at the same time i can understand "good pain" like that.

[LordJezo]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2303/ichithekillerxr9.jpg

[ChrisTheCop]

I think its good symbolism for the writer's strike (art suspended),
but other than that...yikes.

[tele7]

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1362/6295_0024.jpg

[Kris10]

I was more impressed when Criss Angel did it suspended from a helicopter.

[milliehatchett]

Honestly after I left I felt very agitated and anxious just from watching. Nothing I would ever consider witnessing again for entertainment.

I have no idea how you lasted 15 minutes....I woulda been trying to pull you outta there after 10!

I can look at every kind of body modification there is - but hanging from piercings???? No thank you...don't wanna do it - don't wanna see it!