X-Ray Blowjobs, Robot Bowels
Some time ago, before openDemocracy’s discussion boards became a train wreck, I posted a few links to the x-ray imagery of Belgian artist, Wim Delvoye. A reader of that epic oD thread suggested I post Delvoye’s handiwork here, for the benefit of a more… discerning audience. Ever the aesthete, I’m only too happy to oblige. The x-rays of kissing are, I think, rather sweet, if a little continental, though other examples from this series are perhaps an acquired taste and not for the faint-hearted.
More of Delvoye’s, um, penetrating insights can be found here. Unfortunately, Delvoye’s official website is rather low in content and features only the artist’s tattooed pigs, in live and stuffed varieties. (According to one critic, Delvoye has “astounded the art world with masterpieces that test the limits of art appreciation.” We’re also assured that Delvoye’s Art Farm project, which boasts 24 tattooed pigs, “satirically mirrors the society we live in.”) Tragically, the website omits what is surely Delvoye’s greatest artistic triumph: his robotic bowel, Cloaca. This bio-mechanical installation – apparently a “highly pungent comment on the folly of human achievement” – mimics the human digestive tract, from French fries to mechanically extruded faeces. This aesthetic wonder is performed in a “relatively odour-free manner” and recorded in riveting detail. Collectors will be mortified to learn the end product of that exhibit has, alas, sold out.
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“rather sweet, if a little continental”
This is very funny.
I thought the word “French” might get me into trouble.
Delvoye was interviewed – painfully – for WPS1 art radio. It’s car crash radio, caught on film:
http://vernissage.tv/blog/2007/04/10/wps1s-althea-viafora-kress-talks-with-artist-wim-delvoye-part-12/
I suspect the interview tells us more about the art world’s creaking pretensions than Delvoye’s handiwork tells us about, well, anything. Still, the interviewer’s increasingly desperate smile is sort of entertaining.
From the first “kissing” x-ray, I’d say that head on the left needs a root canal.
Is that whats happening in the second picture?
Yes, that’s exactly how NHS dentistry is done.
I think the first picture – the x-ray kissing – is very, very beautiful, dental flaws notwithstanding.
DT:
I once posted a piece showing Box Turtles mating, and titled it “Farm Porn.” I still get searches for “Farm Porn” almost every day. No doubt many disappointed Googlers.
i must protest… thats not how i did my root canal work.
although i do know of a female dentist who was offered a considerable fee to do a filling whilst topless.
she accepted, but then again… she is a nymphomaniac.. (although you could, justifiably, call her something much worse)
and no, sorry, she’s not accepting new patients at the moment.
Yes, the ‘Superhero Pornface’ item was a big hit too, and still attracts interest. I may have to revisit the subject at some point. That, and the dark side of dentistry.
Hi,
Nice photos.the x-ray is very, very beautiful, dental flaws notwithstanding.
I don’t know what made me search X-ray blow jobs and was surprised there were some. i guess i don’t know why I’m surprised. these are great though.