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Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir

Posted by samzenpus on 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?"

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  1. Re:I can't decide... by wolfsdaughter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Disturbing :(

    Doing things like shows lack of empathy, and is I believe is disrespectful to life.

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    "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?" ~Wednesday Addams
  2. art? by noh8rz3 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ftfs:

    but indeed it's art, whose meaning will lie in the eye of the beholder

    I do not think that word means what you think it means...

  3. actually... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...slashdot recommends commenting to existing threads rather than making new ones. I consider slashdot to be a a wee bit more authoritative than YOU on this matter. Good DAY, sir!