Is it real or is it art?
posted by ModeratorFiled under: Art Pranks
UH art exhibit spooks police:
A staged video causes classes to lock doors
Honolulu Star Bulletin
By Laurie Au
May 1, 2007
A University of Hawaii-Manoa student art project is back on display this week after triggering a campus security scare that caused police to respond.
In a case of art imitating and then influencing reality, the project took the form of an empty security guard post with video screens showing footage of a man brandishing a gun.
At least one passer-by took the video for the real thing Thursday and alerted campus security.
Guards and police began to evacuate the UH-Manoa Art Building and briefly detained one man before realizing the video was a type of performance art.
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Espai D’Art Contemporani (EACC)
Castellon, Spain, 2002
