The details on this one are slightly mysterious. The artist is apparently one Stefan Tcherepnin whose work I am not familiar with at all. The human centipede sculpture was displayed at the Occupy Wall St. events. What is perhaps most curious of all is that I understand he is part of a social network that reads one of the blogs of which I am a contributor and have used to write about the Human Centipede phenomenon.
I do have an opinion about it. I think it's pretty silly. Especially if it was made in a gallery in Brooklyn. Let me remind my readers, I am right wing and have no time for Williamsburg or Greenpoint "bohemian" culture.
No, I don't have license over the Human Centipede thing, that would belong to the Dutch horror director Tom Six. I have been very impressed by the fact that Human Centipede 2 was initially banned from release in the U.K., in so far as it means he was able to create something which could still shock anyone. Based on that it shouldn't be any surprise whatsoever that the art world proper, specifically meaning the mainstream of the visual arts within the established gallery system, would grab Tom Six's images. It was almost inevitable that this would happen.
If Tcherepnin got the idea from me, and this I cannot know, still that's pretty funny. While most people tied to the art world in New York are of the political left, I am of the political right. I've been going to the shooting range at least once or twice a week lately. Dead serious. I'm a huge fan of gothic/industrial music and extreme metal, I have a real affection for films by people like Cronenberg and Tom Six, but I'm not a leftist.
The right is strongly divided on the topic of Occupy Wall St. Ron Paul had some sympathy for the movement cause because he can't stand the Federal Reserve. On the other hand you have Herman Cain's now infamous line "If you aren't rich and don't have a job, blame yourself". Glenn Beck said something along the lines of "Democrats, get out of bed with these people. They will drag you out of your house and kill you" likening the Occupy Wall St. cause to violent Marxist revolts in history. To be honest I am undecided on this particular issue. The truth is probably somewhere between Ron Paul and Herman Cain. So that's not even a political issue I had a very strong opinion about, really.
That's predictable as hell that they did the human Centipede thing at Occupy Wall St. thing. The New York Gallery system is so lockstep socialist on any and all issues, unfortunately. If you go back into my writing on Human Centipede 2, you'll see that I often mention Human Centipede 2 in the same breath as Michael Savage (an author and right-wing radio host who is banned from entering the U.K.) and that's not an accident. The art world can break the taboo of borrowing from Human Centipede 2. I think Michael Savage represents a set of ideas that would still be very taboo for the New York art world to invoke at all. Here's what Savage has said about Occupy Wall St- take note of the word "street vermin".
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