Do You ThinkTorturing an Animal is Artwork?
Filed in archive Latin Culture , Latin News by Eliane on October 17, 2007
I'm horrified and disgusted. A very stupid man, who calls himself an artist, let a sick dog die in one of his "exhibits". His name is Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, he's from Costa Rica and has been chosen to represent his country in the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008."
I don't understand how anybody could choose this imbecile to represent their country.
Last August, Habacuc created an exhibit called "Exposición Nº1", in the Códice Gallery, located in Managua, capital of Nicaragua. In the entrance of the exhibit, visitors were received with a phrase in the wall: "Eres lo que lees" ("You are what you read"). The letters were formed with dog food.
Soon after, the visitors were surprised by the most horrid part of Habacuc's "creativity": an ill dog, which was captured in the streets of Managua, was tied to the wall. According to the "artist", his "Artwork" represented a homage to Natividad Canda, a Nicaraguan who was recently killed by two rottweilers.
Habacuc tried to justify, with this explanation, the capture of a defenseless and sick dog, which he named Natividad.
The dog didn't receive any veterinary care and wasn't fed nor was offered water. Although many of the visitors asked Habacuc to release the poor animal, he refused to do so.
The dog remained captive, tied to the exhibit's wall, until the day after the inauguration of the installation, when it died of starvation, right in front of the public's eyes.
First of all, why nobody did something to stop this? How could the authorities let this moron, this murderer do that? Why was this despicable man allowed to torture an innocent and defenseless animal at will, letting it starve to death?
You may think, "Well, it's just a dog". No, it's not.
As Rosa Montero wrote for El Pais, in "Respecto": "We won't be capable of respecting ourselves, if we don't respect the other living beings." You should read this article.
There is an online petition, which is asking for a boycott of Habacuc's work. The petition's goal is to get Guillermo Habacuc Vargas banned form the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008".
We can't save this poor dog anymore. But we can say to the world this kind of SHIT is not acceptable; it is not art. It's cruelty
and abuse, and it can't be used to represent any country in this Earth.
We couldn't save Natividad, but we can save other animals from being tortured like this.
Link to read and sign the petition:
Boycott to Guillermo Habacuc Vargas' presence at the Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008
I won't post any photos of the dog, but you can see some here: 5 Piezas de Habacuc. There's more info about Habacuc's exhibits. Check it out and you'll find out he also thinks that burning crack and marijuana is art. What a load of crap.
More info:
La Provocación Repugnante
Artista tico envuelto en polémica por muerte de perro en obra
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