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Re: Is this "a joke " ???
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 10 Jun 2001 15:47:41 GMT
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.. Yes that explains it ...
Artists ... it seems that every idiot with his morbid ideas could call
himself an artist !!!
That's not art that's stupidity ... he really ruined my day !
Lego is a toy !
Children play with all those doctors (from town sets) and skeletons
(from castle sets) ! Aaaahh he really pissed me of !!!
Sorry guys ...
> "Libera created his piece by assembling Lego blocks into replicas of
> death camp facilities, photographing them and then using the photos to
> adorn authentic-looking Lego cardboard packages, complete with the
> disassembled pieces, the company logo and multi-language safety
> warnings."
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> "The display is so unsettling in its playful simplicity that the Lego
> Group, which sonsors Lego art contests and donates thousands of plastic
> pieces to artists around the world, tried to persuade Libera to withdraw
> it from public view. Only when lawyers became involved did the company
> give up.
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> "It is a theme that is so sensitive to so many people in so many
> countries," said Peter Ambeck-Madsen, Lego's director of public
> relations at the company headquarters in Billund, Denmark. "If we had
> known before what he was going to do, we never would have given him the
> bricks. But we talked about it and decided [that] to make a big thing
> about it now would only draw more attention."
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> -chris
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> > Dejan
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> > > greg
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| (...) Here are some quotes from the webpage that should answer your questions: "Libera created his piece by assembling Lego blocks into replicas of death camp facilities, photographing them and then using the photos to adorn authentic-looking Lego (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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