Gelatin / Vienna’s Art Boy Group
The members of Vienna-based Gelatin combo do projects like the ‘Human Elevator’ (strong men were needed to man a scaffolding three stories tall; guests would enter at ground level, be grabbed by buff arms and passed up, hurtling to the top and be dropped on the roof of an apartment building) or the ‘The B-Thing’ (in 2000 they constructed an improvised balcony on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center) or ‘Tierfick’ (a softcore video where they shag preparation animals in sailor outfit).
To quote Dick Pursel:
The Gelatin Experience is a visceral one, like a punch to the gut that launches a surprise poo. Emotions collide. After the initial pain, hair bristles on your neck and you feel an awkward and wet calm. Embarrassment follows. This is a natural condition for most people. Not for Gelatin. Unlike the rest of us, Gelatin feels no shame; in fact, they feel shame for you so that you don’t have to. “We love being ashamed,” admits Ali Janka, the man-child of the group (of which there are four). For Gelatin, shame is good–a perpetual, glorious state of being.
But see for yourself.
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Good day!
I’m a correspondent of russian magazin “Russian Newsweek”.
I want ask you some questions about your enormous pink bunny which has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years. we’re writing article about it.
Why did you create it? How many time for it did you spend? How many time it is necessary to construct this construction? How did you establish it? From the helicopter?
Thank you!
Help me, please!!!
With the best regards,
Den (Newsweek)
Hi Den,
I have no current contact information for the Gelatin group, please send me a mail to philipp@metroblogging.com and I’ll hook you up with them as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Philipp, Metroblog Vienna