Headline Of The Week Weak
Filed under: Headline of the Week
"Artist hung on shark hooks"
Ewwwww! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline and find out why she did it.
[Photo via AP Images.]
Artist to be hung on shark hooks
A performance artist has had her skin pierced with shark hooks and been suspended from a shop ceiling as part of a campaign to end shark finning.
Alice Newstead has been hung from de-barbed hooks for 15 minutes in the window of the Lush cosmetics store in Regent Street, central London.
The stunt is designed to mimic the fate of sharks caught solely for their fins.
The process known as finning is where a fin is hacked off and the shark thrown back into the water to die.
Ms Newstead, who is a former employee of the London shop, was "hung" in the shop window at noon on Wednesday.
Shark fin soup
A spokesman for Lush said: "Alice's performance is very reminiscent of what happens to sharks when they are caught.
"When they are caught the sharks are pulled from the water, their fins are sliced off, and they are kicked back into the ocean, so they sink to the bottom and suffer a slow death.
"Fins are the most lucrative part of the shark, which explains the massive escalation in the numbers of sharks killed in the last few years."
The firm has also launched a new Shark Fin Soap - a blue soap made with seaweed and sea salt with a cardboard shark fin sticking out the top.
All funds from the sale of the soap will go to the wildlife conservation charity Sea Shepherd.
Consumers are also being urged to boycott restaurants that serve shark fin soup and not to use shark cartilage supplements, which are thought to improve bone health.
That shiz is sick!
Oh, this is so mid-'90's Jim Rose Freak Show where they hung anvils from their dicks and did spray-paint enema art on canvas. Snore.
ouch that shit must have hurt like hell…
I am definately an animal lover and if it would help I would do it too!
criss angel has done this a few times. although it wasn't for a cause…
EWWW
EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
That's too much, I love the animals too but this is beyond.
That is so freaking disgusting!
pfft. artists have been doing performance art with hooks and all kinds of worse freaky shit since the 60s and mainly in the 70s. this is not a big, new deal
So let me get this straight… Miley Cyrus is a dirty filthy whore according to you. And the host of the VMA's makes a joke and you are like a rabid fucking child predator defending the Jonas Bros.. So Perez you are a racist homosexual….you only defend boys….but pick on girls. You are on these awards shows because you are a trainwreck…you have no moral balance and people love watching idiots like you voice your opinion. Celebrity, fame and fortune aside….you are still just another idiot that can give a good pitch…you are a glorified salesman. Remember ummm….Ru Paul, your days are numbered racist homosexual…..don't hate women fatboy.
I've known people to do that for kicks… you know, at piercing shops and such. Didn't you know?
This artist isn't really doing anything all that mind blowing.
Re: Tam – No, but the cause is a big deal numbnuts.
JUST TO EDUCATE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT…
People do this kind of stuff all of the time. It's called "suspension", and people find this extremely relaxing and renewing. Whereas some of you have never even heard of this, there is a whole lot of people who have heard of it and they not only respect it, but some partake in the event themselves. I have tattoos and piercings, but have not crossed the threshold of suspension. I probably won't, because it's just not my cup of tea. You can compare this to meditation or yoga, because they are closely related in their end result. It is a really spiritual thing for the people who do it, and I hope that you all would respect something that someone believes in…EXCEPT scientology, haha.
Anyhow, all the "EWWWW", "DISGUSTING" and "GROSS" remarks really need to stop. Regardless of whether or not this woman is doing it for a cause, it's main purpose is to be a spiritual cleansing. SO GET OVER IT AND ACCEPT IT!
Oh who cares why she did it. It was like that girl that had an art project featuring blood from her own miscarraiges…..who Cares? Just chalk another one up to some idiot desperate for attention.
Re: StayTrue – You wrote "Anyhow, all the "EWWWW", "DISGUSTING" and "GROSS" remarks really need to stop. Regardless of whether or not this woman is doing it for a cause, it's main purpose is to be a spiritual cleansing. SO GET OVER IT AND ACCEPT IT! "
______________________________________________________________
Um, just because some people do this it doesn't mean the rest of us can't make judgement calls and say "Ewwww" if we want to. Her freedom to indulge in this behavior in no way negates my freedom to say that she is an attention seeking idiot who should have gone to therepy to get over daddy touching her or whatever other childhood B.S. she is trying to flee. So get off your high horse go get another piercing and shut up.
That is beyond gross.
Woooow…
ew perez. COME ON! you didnt put this as an "if you're easily offended" but you put evan kissing rourke under that category!!
Re: StayTrue – umm just because weve never heard of it doesnt mean that we cant say ewww because it is in fact EWWW.
bitch is hanging off her skin. and you expect us to "accept" it like everything else. come on, this is some odd shit were talkin'.
Well, you've got to admire a person with such strong beliefs.
um, hello? people have been doing this for years… don't get why its such a shock now.
Why is this shocking? Lots of people do this for no reason at all. Some people get off on it!
Re: StayTrue – JUST TO EDUCATE YOU A LITTLE BIT - There's supposed to be a thing called "Freedom of Speach" (& I use this term lightly) here in America. And this means that we can think what ever the hell we want & to a certain degree….we can even express what ever the hell we want. Honestly….I agree with this sicko's antics. I feel bad for the sharks….I do! But at the same time, don't bitch about someone else's opinion. Well..you can because it's YOUR right. But come on….
What a crazy fucking idiot! I hope to God she does not have children….
The hook thing is nothing new but her message should be heard.
fuckin crazy bitchhhh
You Go Girl!
Any Chance of Andy being hung by His little prick?
……….she lookz really kooool and fun……………..
…….. great art work….shez hott……………..
…………………………………………………
wherez the lilfukard..LettyB?
………………………………
Why in the HELL wasn't this in the "If you are easily offended" section?????? I really DID NOT need to see this shit!
Yikes, OUCHY
nice
I want that Soap! Poor sharks.
I work for Lush and they are always pushing the envelope with different campaigns that are designed to make people think - just a few weeks ago, every store across the US went naked to protest excess packaging. Suspension is done all over the world and if you're freaked out about it, ignore it. Besides, the real aim of the campaign is a success. Look at all the reporters and all the coverage it's getting, even in America!
I hate this crap so fucking much. Those stupid tattoo and piercing people are trying to make a sub-culture into something that already exists!! Native Americans use to hang from hooks to prove their manhood and be up there for hours or days. I hate this stupid shit! BIG DEAL she looks like a stupid fucking cunt!
Yuck!!!!!!
However- She's smiling & looks like she's really enjoying herself. I look at this picture & think "Maybe this isn't really as painful as I would think….?" Sort of undermines the message that this is cruel treatment.
so, is it makeup or is she tattooed lall over her body like that?
It's makeup.. and don't give yourself an aneurysm Ms. Lugosi - no one is trying to say that this hasn't been going on for years and years. No one here was like, 'OMG THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.. TATTOOED PEOPLE ARE SO COOL HAHAHAHAHA'.. yeah right. If anyone's actually going to commit to hanging themselves by hooks they've obviously done their homework.
OUCH!!
Re: Ms Lugosi –
What about people of Native American descent? Is it acceptable to you for them to be tattooed, pierced, and do suspensions?
Many cultures borrow from other cultures, there's nearly no way around it. Get over yourself.
Re: Spindoc – I completely agree.
that shit is so insane. so much respect for people who can accomplish suspension like that…
ew ew ew ew ewwwwwwwww
Wouldn't her skin have ripped
criss angel wannabe much?
people who say this is art and spiritually "cleansing" are outta their fucking heads. this is disgusting and cringeworthy…ive seen this several times and why anyone would do it is beyond me….EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Yeah. Saw this type of thing in 94' when Jim Rose Circus opened for NIN. *yawn* Atleast she's using her form of meditation to provide a visual for the public so that they can get a grasp on the abusive, deadly treatment that is being performed on these poor sharks. Whatever gets dumbasses to think, I'm all for it. She can poke herself all day long if it lessens the numbers of finning, which is senseless all together. Everybody wants to make a dime, at any expense to others or animals. Tardbuckets, I hate 'em all.
fuckin sick…
stand up or in this case hang for what you believe in
Re: guilty of being white –
awesome. love the name and avatar
The attention whore needs her face kicked in. Stupid bitch.
YAWN. Australian artist Stelarc did this kind of things decades ago (and in a much more aesthetic way if I may add). Bitch needs to find her own thing to do instead of just replicating classic body-art pieces.
Here's a penny, go buy yourself some more original ideas.