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THE END TIMES VOLUME IV || ISSUE 2 || FEBRUARY 8, 2007 |
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Non-Discussion Clouds the Topic of Female Toe-Sucking Talent Show Cancelled for 2007 |
New Club is Pro-BodyConniseurs of modern art on campus will soon have a new venue for bigger, better and more provocative forms of self-expression. In what the New York Post called �a somewhat bold move for a school like John Brown University,� the Arts & Communication Division will be sponsoring the new Body Art Club, or BAC, with the tagline �Reinterpreting the ABC�s of Art�. This controversial club will commense its existance at the beginning of next semester, and be devoted to all things artsy that can be identified with the human (or otherwise) body. To kick off their start, the founding members of BAC will showcase some of their finest work in the next Gallery exhibition. Though the final lineup has not yet been finalized, an End Times informat within the department informed us that some of the pieces slated for inclusion included �The Persistance of MemHairy� (a three-dimensional reinterpretation of Salvador Dali�s famous piece whose sole construction medium is greased hair); �Flesh and Metal� (a photographic survey of the wide variety of body piercings on the JBU campus); �The Waste of Sense� (collections of waste produced by each of the 5 sense organs - earwax, drool, snot, eye sand and dead skin); and the �Abstract Monument Made from Toe/Bellybutton Lint� (which really needs no explanation). These are all student works, but there are rumors that at least one Art professor will be submitting work (�Sleep�, which consists of fingernails clipped from students while they were unconscious during class, is a prospective highlight). The human body and its products, both natural and artificial, obviously have great potential for being offensive, especially when displayed in public. When asked about this ever-present problem, one of the students responsible for starting BAC said, �You�ll never be able to please everybody. What we�re going for here is the freedom of self-expression, and since dancers now have a venue for their form, it was the simplest thing in the world to get Student Development to give us the okay.� Another student participant told us, �We�ll obviously have to draw the line somewhere when it comes to decency, but we�ll cross that bridge when we get to it. And it�s not like we�re forcing anyone to look at our work.� In a controversial move, the Admissions Department contributed part of their budget and all of their support to the Body Art Club, hopeful that the new club will not only widen students� horizons of art, but also broaden the appeal of JBU to prospective students, citing a recent survey of Christian high schoolers. Apparently, the evangelical underground art scene is more active even than the Goths for God, which recently partnered with Emos for Evangelizing in an effort to boost participation in both groups. Alternative lifestyles among young people play an important role in the holistic development of the person - Head, Heart, and Hand - and should be nurtured, not seen as �just one of those phases,� according to the survey. If nothing else, the BAC will garner media attention for JBU. Invitations for the exhibition�s grand opening on 11 March 2007 are extensive and international. Confirmed guests include the Collection Supervisor for New York�s Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and several board members of the Royal Ontario Museum of Natural History. Such a monumental occasion will hopefully also spark the interest of many of the art-impaired students already on campus. |
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