Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir 360
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from the poor-tatse dept.
from the poor-tatse dept.
derekmead writes "I'm not sure that Dutch artist Bart Jansen had political commentary in mind when he created the Orvillecopter — combining a stuffed cat with a quadrotor, and naming it after Orville Wright — but indeed it's art, whose meaning will lie in the eye of the beholder. And for those that say stitching up a dead animal around the guts of a helicopter and flying it around is 'sick,' what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?"
Leather belt/jacket/shoes (Score:5, Funny)
I can't decide... (Score:4, Funny)
Time to update the book (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ceiling cat is watching you first post. (Score:5, Funny)
A flying zombie kitty? Does it spew guns from it's mouth while giving out helpful life advice?
No, but it does have a rainbow streamer and a really, really annoying theme song.
Hilarious (Score:5, Funny)
Almost had to LOL just looking at the pictures. This idea is great, he should make an entire series of dead animal RC vehicles. And then have some kind of epic death match crashing them into each other.
"disrespectful to life?" (Score:2, Funny)
You have to be kidding me.
Or was that an ironic take on the gay marriage debate? Please say yes.
Missed opportunity (Score:3, Funny)
I know he was going for tying in the outrage of the cat with the flying drone thing, but he missed a brilliant opportunity to use a small pig instead.
What I really want to do... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Leather belt/jacket/shoes (Score:2, Funny)
Hear, hear. I think it's cute to use a cat because the taxidermist did a good enough job in making it, well, smile as it flies towards you. I think it's hilarious, and when my cat's time comes, I'll likely choose to immortalize her thus.
Re:I can't decide... (Score:5, Funny)
Extermely disturbing to birds. To cats, the stuff of dreams.
Sorry, it has to be asked (Score:5, Funny)
no, not funny at all, in any manner (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Leather belt/jacket/shoes (Score:5, Funny)
>>>So what confuses you here?
Some politician somewhere will try to outlaw the stuffing of cats. (And then go stuff dead cow flesh into his mouth while he walks-round in dead cow skin.) It is confusing why some animals are protected & their killing outlawed, while other animals get murdered in the billions.
Now We Know... (Score:5, Funny)
...what happened to Schrodinger's cat
Re:art? (Score:5, Funny)
The only thing in the eye of the beholder is charm, death, fear, telekinesis, serious wounds, and anti-magic.
Re:I can't decide... (Score:5, Funny)
If one cannot give a corpse a higher purpose, then it's best to leave it alone.
The catcopter does give the corpse a higher purpose--about 5 feet in the picture and probably much higher if taken outside.
Re:art? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I can't decide... (Score:4, Funny)