Gee, I thought the publicity surrounding the Ashlee Simpson pregnancy “mystery” was confusing, but THIS publicity tug-o-war takes the cake:
Yale University student Aliza Shvarts’s abortion art project – for which she claims she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” and then induced miscarriages with abortion drugs over a 9-month period — sparked waves of outrage yesterday before the university announced that “the entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body.”
T-shirt opportunity: My parents paid for an Ivy League education and all I got were these lousy faked abortions!
However, Aliza is not playing along. She told The Yale Daily News that she did inseminate herself, but that her project “did not consist of certainties” like medical tests to prove whether she was pregnant before she took “abortifacient herbs.” In reply, Yale released yet another statement to the newspaper saying that she’s determined never to reveal the hoax, as it would compromise her work.
Aliza may be working on her B.A. in Art, but sounds like she is already armed with B.S. Donald Trump, we’ve found your next protégé!
maybe she should’ve done a thesis exploring the reason why she’s so desperate for attention.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:30 amLike I posted in another area, as an artist and part-time museum docent, I’ve always followed the idea that truly thought-inspring art does not need to be accompanied by a multi-page explanation telling you what to think about it. Just my not so humble opinion. Taking that idea further to relate it to this piece of drivel, truly provacative art does not need to be revolting in nature and sensibility to be meaningful and draw attention. I agree Javelin, this chick seems desperate to get that attention. Ergo, her mega-extreme measures taken to receive it, and her presumption in imagining that anyone remotely intelligent would want to see a video of her bleeding in a bathtub. And besides, aren’t there health laws now that govern the placing of bloody equipment around in public places, WTH?! And now…the false nature ::coughliescough:: of the project was actually a part of the project???? This chick should be a politician, politics is the art/science of monitoring a reaction after telling a lie. What a crock-o-crap, and from Yale of all places. I always thought that Ivy League schools were above this tripe.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pmLook like Ivy League education is not worth that much after all. Sorry but that girl’s got s**t for brains…if she had any brains in the first place that is …
April 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pmA more interesting thesis would be to discuss the ambiguity of that ugly outfit she is wearing.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pmThis is my goddamn motherfucking opinion, God damnit! And I have to say, before I found out about this bitch, I had experienced a bizarre coincidence of seeing more than one antiabortion propaganda yesterday. It was creepy, traumatizing, and when I got home I found out all about this bullshit above.
For starters, the relationship between art and the body has been explored by the German artist Gunter von Hagens, one macabre motherfucker. Check it out here:
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html
Yeah, I thought it was fucked up when I read about it in Der Spiegel 11 years ago, but von Hagens has NOTHING on this fucked up bitch.
Aliza Shvarts should have committed hara kiri in a big ass room while someone took pictures. They could have draped her intestines all over the wall, let her bleed out, added some fucking vaseline, and called that shit “art”.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pmMaybe I took a wrong turn at Impressionism, but how is this art, exactly? How does this “project” showcase any kind of talent, other than a talent for pissing people off, which, frankly, isn’t all that rare. I’m firmly pro-choice, but honey - get off my team and go do something worthwhile.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pmNice, Mel. I think the problem is Yale University having an Art Department to start with.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pmlike i’ve always said, there’s no glory in exploiting your dignity for what you percieve as art. there’s a stark difference between art and shameful publicity stunts. as steve martin has said, “I believe something can aspire to be art or become art. But if you set out to make art, you’re stupid.” simple, succint, and spot-on. thinking to yourself, “HEY! I’m going to make art by artificially inseminating myself and induce a bunch of miscarriages thereafter!” isn’t art…it’s good publicity. just because some pompous ivy leaguer can contrive obscure meaning from her own irrational behavior doesn’t make it right…or artistic. ya know what? I took a shit on my roomates pillow last night. i feel its a socio-political commentary on the human conditions unrelenting narcissism and rampant self-worshiping at the expense of others’ well-being.
…what? you don’t see the art in that?
April 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pmI think the creative, succinct, hilarious and provocative comments to this piece is art–especially from the wordmeister DK!
April 18th, 2008 at 3:46 pmIs that PEGGY BUNDY?!?!
April 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pmJust on an aside re:her name. I keep seeing the VARTS part in her last name. That’s what we call “vagina farts.”
April 18th, 2008 at 4:52 pmLike, “Aliza? She varts.”
April 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHer outfit is nasty as is her disregard for human life. Those 80’s boots make me want to vomit. It seems they are letting anyone in to Yale these days. She couldn’t think of anything better, so she comes up with this pathetic charade and passes it off as “art”. As a tot I used to take off my diaper and smear the shit on the wall. That was art.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:23 pmUm……what?! O_o
April 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pmTo Mell: Ditto! Guiseppe Smith, you made me laugh out loud. Thank Holy Terror, I was feeling a bit down today and needed some affirmation. You have made me feel better. I love you Psychochick. And to you Elisha, I can forgo my antidepressants tomorrow because the “vagina fart” commentary made me laugh so hard, my motherfucking stomach hurt.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pmPsychochick: they’ve been letting “anyone” into Yale for a while as long as their parents are rich - example, G W Bush. Thick as pigshit.
Elisha: Vart!!! LMAO
Demon Kitty: I’m not going to comment any further because there’s no way I could add anything to the brilliant spiel you wrote. XXX
April 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pmBritish Bitch, I wish I had your phone number.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:24 amShe doesn’t look rich, though….
April 19th, 2008 at 10:07 amAnother attention whore - she probably says her mommy and daddy probably did not love her enough too. Though they likley over indulged the little shit head.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:38 amJesus, I go away for two weeks and come back to this! Who dressed that nightmare? If she did it herself, maybe she should spend less time with the turkey baster and javex and more time looking in the freaking mirror.
Ah but how I’ve missed you all. It’s nice to be back in the Circus.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:52 pmThis art project goes on display next week. Do you think throwing up on it constitutes as performance art?
April 19th, 2008 at 5:10 pmI once considered starting a faux cult as a psychology project, but decided against it because it would be cruel. It is easy to make people believe anything which is scary.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:33 pmI can wrap this up with three simple words:
“She is nuts.”
Thank you. *bows*
April 19th, 2008 at 11:27 pm*applauds eize*
April 20th, 2008 at 9:24 ambrilliant observation, and very true!
Note to self: black is not always slimming.
How crazy to sacrifice your body like that. I’m sorry, but this is not art, but attention whoring.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:31 am