6/29/2006: Animatronic flesh shoe

Undertoad · 06-29-2006, 12:28 PM

Slight sent this along, and it sort of fits well with yesterday's item, the gumball Hummer. This is also edgy art; it's called Animatronic Flesh Shoe, by artist Adam Brandejs. Not actual flesh, but a good simulation; and the point is, when you're looking at this thing, it moves:

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Originally Posted by from the link

The shoe is stitched together with multiple pieces of latex rubber cast out of moulds made from my own skin. The shoe's toe and heel raise and lower as it occasionally vibrates/pulsates, and twitches on the floor as if it were still alive. The movement is not constant, and usually causes people to jump back while they are in the middle of leaning in for a closer look.

Artist statement
It's a Nike shoe stapled together with human flesh, twitching...

Other than simply being twisted, this piece comments on issues of sweatshop labour and content ownership. Each piece of skin is therefore different in colour, size, and texture and the Nike Logo is done in white, slapped overtop of all the other colours.

We live in a culture disconnected from what it is doing to itself and others, we choose to ignore rather than deal with the reality we have created for ourselves. This piece ultimately comments on this simple idea.

But like much art, you can enjoy this on many levels if you wish.

barefoot serpent · 06-29-2006, 12:30 PM

Just don't do it

glatt · 06-29-2006, 12:35 PM

It may be art. But it's ugly.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2006, 12:42 PM

I guess it's for running away from the skin gun.

Emrikol · 06-29-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I guess it's for running away from the skin gun.

...the artist at work?

axlrosen · 06-29-2006, 12:35 PM

I love how in art, you get to sound smart by stating all the profound issues that your art comments on, without having to actually specify what that comment is, or how your art makes that comment.

Happy Monkey · 06-29-2006, 12:38 PM

If you could say it, you wouldn't need to make the art.

capnhowdy · 06-29-2006, 10:15 PM

I'm with glatt on this one. Art CAN be ugly.
Size 10. Finally a shoe manufacturer who considers the one legged customer.

Elspode · 06-30-2006, 12:17 AM

A truly dedicated artist would have made it from his own *actual* skin so that it would smell really bad as well as being incredibly ugly and disgusting. Slacker.

Torrere · 06-30-2006, 02:07 AM

DISGUSTING! This might be the vilest IotD that I have ever seen.

TropicFever · 06-30-2006, 06:32 AM

Not the first thing I needed to see on my screen this morning.

I bet it would get really tiresome keeping the dogs away from these shoes.

Griff · 06-30-2006, 06:57 AM

Yah, I threw up a little...

Sundae · 06-30-2006, 07:51 AM

I think it's strangely beautiful. And if the artist's comment hadn't included the information re ignoring the reality of our purchases I'd be suggesting that myself as the reaction it provokes in me.

Although the child in me still thinks it would be a great thing to hide in the fridge at work. HA! Try pinching my yoghurts now - didn't realise I was Ed Gein's daughter did you?

srom · 07-04-2006, 08:18 PM

what's not to get about this piece? it's pretty gross, but it wouldn't make any sense if it was pretty.

06-29-2006, 12:30 PM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Just don't do it __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

06-29-2006, 12:42 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess it's for running away from the skin gun. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2006, 12:35 PM	#6
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	I love how in art, you get to sound smart by stating all the profound issues that your art comments on, without having to actually specify what that comment is, or how your art makes that comment. __________________ Warp Bill Gates

06-29-2006, 12:38 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If you could say it, you wouldn't need to make the art. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-29-2006, 10:15 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'm with glatt on this one. Art CAN be ugly. Size 10. Finally a shoe manufacturer who considers the one legged customer. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-29-2006, 12:35 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It may be art. But it's ugly.

06-30-2006, 12:17 AM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	A truly dedicated artist would have made it from his own actual skin so that it would smell really bad as well as being incredibly ugly and disgusting. Slacker. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-30-2006, 02:07 AM	#10
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	DISGUSTING! This might be the vilest IotD that I have ever seen.

06-30-2006, 06:32 AM	#11
TropicFever Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 11	Not the first thing I needed to see on my screen this morning. I bet it would get really tiresome keeping the dogs away from these shoes.

06-30-2006, 06:57 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yah, I threw up a little... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-30-2006, 07:51 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I think it's strangely beautiful. And if the artist's comment hadn't included the information re ignoring the reality of our purchases I'd be suggesting that myself as the reaction it provokes in me. Although the child in me still thinks it would be a great thing to hide in the fridge at work. HA! Try pinching my yoghurts now - didn't realise I was Ed Gein's daughter did you?

07-04-2006, 08:18 PM	#14
srom a small little word Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New York State and Massachussetts State Posts: 17	what's not to get about this piece? it's pretty gross, but it wouldn't make any sense if it was pretty. __________________ "I know enough about cooking. If it tastes bad, then fry it until it tastes good."

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