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funk63
01-08-2010, 06:51 PM
http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/the-rape-tunnel-by-sheila-zareno/

it would seem that what you are proposing to do will not technically constitute rape for the obvious reason that whoever enters into the tunnel is acting of their own free will, therefore making the act consensual. If you aren’t really raping anyone, doesn’t that undermine the credibility of the project?

First of all, I want to make it clear that I plan to make the experience as unpleasant as I possibly can to anyone who dares to crawl through the tunnel. I will try to the best of my ability to make them regret their decision.

As it turns out, I ended up breaking the nose of the third person to crawl through the tunnel, an aspiring model. She went to the hospital and eventually sued me. Her modeling career was put on hold. The civil case was long and drawn out and the matter still hasn’t been resolved. To this day she still has unpaid medical bills. The point of this long aside is that all this took place two years ago, and I’m still having an impact on this young lady’s life, something not many other artists could claim about their work.

Would you go in the rape tunnel?

roosta
01-08-2010, 06:59 PM
yeah.....


...at the risk of being a spoil sport......its a hoax.

Videodrome
01-09-2010, 04:13 PM
really? the rape tunnel?

jabumbo
01-09-2010, 10:56 PM
pretty stupid, regardless...


Finally, someone who is willing to genuinely push the boundaries of artistic expression! THE RAPE TUNNEL is going to be a seminal work that forces people to reexamine the relationship between art and the observer, between the world and the Heideggerian being-in-the-world. As a side note, I think it’s unfortunate that people are so willing to prejudge a work without experiencing it firsthand. Kudos to the artist!

Ty Webb
01-09-2010, 11:53 PM
old news.

Dorothy Wood
01-10-2010, 09:05 PM
nah, I wouldn't go in a rape tunnel.

and I figured it wasn't real considering it was taking place in Columbus, Ohio. yeah right! Columbus isn't that arty. People would burn down the gallery.