Artist gets into her work

[Bikewer]

Or the other way around:

NPR had a segment on this lady:




WILLIAMSBURG ARTIST EATS SHEETROCK

Did anyone else catch this gem on Artnet? Artist Emily Katrencik is taking the concepts inherent to Janine Antoni's Lick and Lather to an entirely different level, consuming 1,956 inches of sheetrock per day since the new year. I can only begin to imagine the havoc it is wreaking upon her entire body...

We've heard of starving artists, but this takes the cake (so to speak). Pittsburgh-born, 29-year-old New York artist Emily Katrencik is eating the sheetrock wall that separates the exhibition and living space at LMAKprojects, a gallery recently opened at 60 North 6th Street in Williamsburg by art dealer and art historian Louky Keijsers. Since Jan. 1, 2005, Katrencik has been eating 1.956 inches of sheetrock each day, in an effort to "collapse boundaries between the artist and dealer, and the architecture and the body." She promises to keep it up for 41 days in all, until a sizeable passage between the two spaces has been, um, cleared. "It's not bad for her health," said Keijsers. "Her teeth still look good." An opening for the show is slated for Friday, Jan. 28, 7-9 pm. For more info, see www.lmakprojects.com. The gallery also has a Chelsea branch at 526 West 26th Street, #310, where an exhibition of works by Silvia Russel is currently on view

Perfomance art? Or perhaps a totally new spin on "starving artist"...

 

[Bluegill]

Did anyone else catch this gem on Artnet? Artist Emily Katrencik is taking the concepts inherent to Janine Antoni's Lick and Lather to an entirely different level, consuming 1,956 inches of sheetrock per day since the new year. I can only begin to imagine the havoc it is wreaking upon her entire body...

That comma there startled me, but then I saw later, when the figure was quoted, it was a decimal point. Whew.

Hey, will she bottle and sell the results?

 

[Hutch]

Well, sheetrock is made up of gypsum, recycled paper, starch, parrafin way, sodium pyrithrone, and crystalline silica according to the site I googled, so not very tasty, but according to the specifications (I'd rather not link, it's .pdf Adobe--just google sheetrock+ingrediants):

Ingestion: Unlikely to occur, but may cause gastric disturbances if swallowed. Gypsum is non-toxic; however, ingestionof a sufficient quantity could lead to mechanical obstruction of the gut, especially the pyloric region. See First AidMeasures - Ingestion (Section 4).

Ingestion: No harmful effects expected. No specific recommendations. Calcium sulfate is nontoxic; however, ingestionof a sufficient quantity could lead to mechanical obstruction of the gut, especially the pyloric region. If gastric disturbanceoccurs, call physician. Drinking gelatin solutions or large volumes of water may delay setting.

So as long as she flushes out her bowels properly, it shouldn't harm her.

I think I perfer cheeseburgers, however....

 

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Re: Re: Artist gets into her work

That comma there startled me, but then I saw later, when the figure was quoted, it was a decimal point. Whew.

Hey, will she bottle and sell the results?

Why not? It would fit right in with a large percentage of "modern art."

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