I masochistically follow several Twitter/X accounts that publicize the latest bilge that passes for “art” these days on college campuses, city centers, and institutions of (alleged) high culture.
Horrendous million-dollar Vienna fountain unveiled
Consider the vaguely human form depicted at 0:18 and its similarity to a pile of doggie dung.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but, if I were to guess, this was intentional on the part of the so-called artists that produced this travesty for, reportedly, a cost of 1.8 million Euros.
The point, I believe, is to denigrate humanity by turning the human form into something grotesque, distorted, animalistic, or feces-like — or, better yet, all of the above.
A new fountain has been unveiled in Vienna, celebrating 150 years of the city's spring water supply.
— Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) October 30, 2023
This is what they came up with, at a cost of €1.8 million of taxpayers' money...pic.twitter.com/BXPOM3vNbU
Speaking of debasing the human form in the name of art, consider whatever this performance is by, presumably, an otherkin zoomer (“otherkin” being a segment of the LGBTQ+++™ population that identifies as trans-species — something other than human).
With every passing year, humanity evolves to reach a point of intelligence greater than years before. pic.twitter.com/Z97JIfbUCl
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) October 20, 2023
The McDonald’s quarter-pounder monument to corporate trash
This is an actual monument in the USA pic.twitter.com/avDJiuAhF4
— Rægenhere (@realRaegenhere) November 20, 2023
Via Atlas Obscura:
IN FEBRUARY 2020, THE FAST food chain McDonalds installed a massive 23,000-pound sculpture of a Quarter Pounder burger at a store location in Rapid City, South Dakota. This event was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Quarter Pounder. McDonalds corporate chose this particular location, they claim, because Rapid City residents consume the most Quarter Pounders with Cheese in the nation.
At nine feet tall and is eight feet wide, the bronze burger and its pedestal weigh a combined 23,000 pounds. Etched on the pedestal is the Latin phrase Calidum et Deliciose Succosum*. In English, that translates to “hot and deliciously juicy.”
The Rapid City area is known for its statues, especially those of presidents. So one more sculpture of an American icon isn’t too out place.
*Translating bland corporate slogans into Latin a piece of art does not make.
Consuming the most Quarter Pounders with Cheese per capita — which can hardly be called “hamburgers,” much less “food” — is a mark of shame, not one of distinction.
Here’s the laundry list of agribusiness-trash ingredients in the bun alone, via McDonald’s:
Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% or Less: Sesame Seeds, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Dextrose, Guar Gum, Vinegar, Vegetable Proteins (Pea, Potato, Rice), Sunflower and/or Canola Oil, Maltodextrin, Natural Flavors, May Contain One or More Dough Conditioners (DATEM, Ascorbic Acid, Mono and Diglycerides, Enzymes), Modified Food Starch.
Wholesome stuff. Americana.
At any rate, fat is both beautiful and a virtue in the Brave New World. So erecting monuments to corporate slop, no matter how obscene, is in keeping with the overall trajectory of the culture. In fact, the more obscene, the better, as they celebrate the unique aesthetic gifts of Persons of Size™.
Here’s a good rendition of what intersectional Third Wave “body positivity” feminists would do to David if they ever got their hands on him.
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) October 21, 2023
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