Extreme art in Doha
In the name of art, would you get a camera surgically implanted into your head for a year? Could have just worn a hat, thinks Kipp.
December 15, 2010 3:41 by shafeer
Qatar’s unimaginable wealth can make great things happen. It can make a few freaky things happen as well, it seems.
Wafa Bilal, an Iraqi artist, has had a camera surgically implanted in his head for an art project that will mark the opening of a new Qatari museum called Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
The images captured by the camera will be transmitted to monitors at the new museum, which will host a collection of more than 6,000 artworks dating from the late 1800s to the middle of the 20th century.
Read more: Doha
Source: Al Jazeera
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1 Comment
The museum is fine but the implanted camera is disgusting, and cruel and idea.
As a symbol, the camera is looking backward and that by my humble opinion is not a good direction for starting such an ambitious project.
Pity how the people degrade in the persuade for money and glory.