A Costa Rican artist found himself in hot water with the animal protection people in his home country after using a starving, sick street dog as part of an exposition in Managua, Nicaragua, in August. Guillermo "Habacuc" Vargas allegedly found the dog tied up on a street corner in a poor Nicaragua barrio and brought it to the showing. He tied the dog, according to furious animal lovers, in a corner of the salondead dog as art where it died after a day. Habacuc’s exhibition included a legend spelled out in dog food reading "You are what you read," photos and an incense burner that burned an ounce of marijauna and 175 "rock" of crack cocaine. In the background, according to reports, the Sandista national anthem played backwards. According to the artist, his "art" was a tribute to Natividad Canda, a 'You Are What You Read' written in dog foodNicaraguan burglar killed in Costa Rica by two rottweilers guarding property he had entered at night. The incident caused friction between the two countries. Habacuc told the daily La Nacion, "I won’t say the dog died. The importance to me is the hypocracy of the people where an animal is the focus of attention where people come to see art but not when it’srack cocaine was burned in this as part of the exhibit in the street starving to death." "The same thing happened with poor Natividad Canda. The people sympathized with him only after he was dead," the artist added. The artist apparently is unaware that at least three large, active organizations are dedicated in Costa Rica to the protection of animals and that several persons have been prosecuted Sick, starving dog tied up to die as artfor cruelty to animals. They are hampered in their efforts by the old Hispanic customs of disregard for animal welfare and by a lack of funding.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/maria911/e/d932cee330593229626bf1c448181ff9


"ERES IO QUE IEES"
(=You Are What You Read)
「何をよみとるかであなたが決まる」
▼「餓死する犬を展示　これがアート？　バルガス　コスタリカビエンナーレ」
http://ameblo.jp/earlygirl/entry-10069645034.html

▼「判断の付かないこと」
http://ameblo.jp/lulu-nanakusa/day-20080203.html

▼[YouTube] Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, Bienarte, Maltratador de Animales.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vP8CgTonQ

思い出したことば。

「食べ物なしで人間を放っておくこと、
それは情状酌量の余地のない過ちである。
この過ちには、過失と故意の区別は
適用されない」（ラビ・ヨハナン）

仮にこの倫理を人間だけでなく、動物たちにも適用するなら、これは「情状酌量の余地のない過ちを犯したアート」ということになると思うが、この「過ち」は、いまも世界中のいたるところで数限りなく繰り返されている。動物たちに対してだけでなく、人間に対しても、また再び。

【ラファ（ガザ地区）AFP３日＝時事】パレスチナ武装勢力が爆破したガザ地区ラファの対エジプト国境の壁が3日、エジプトとイスラム原理主義組織ハマスの部隊によって再び封鎖された。封鎖は約2週間ぶり。壁は先月23日に破壊され、イスラエルの封鎖下に置かれていたパレスチナ人数十万人がエジプト側に食料などの物資を求めて越境した。破壊された壁は、鉄壁や有刺鉄線によって再び閉じられた。エジプト治安筋はAFP通信に対し、治安部隊が境界の封鎖を始めたことを明らかにした。今後パレスチナ人の越境は認められないという。 (2008年2月3日 時事通信)

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[追記]
そういえば、かつて人類は、
「科学」の名のもとに、
食べ物なしにライカ犬を
宇宙に放置したこともある。

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