Her name is Sarah,.. (fragment 1)

In the public performance 'Her name is Sarah' by Katinka Simonse, the artist-designer takes a dead dog dressed in pink clothing named Sarah for a walk in downtown Chicago. When asked what she is doing while dragging the animal over the streets, she consequently answers by saying 'Her name is Sarah'.
The performance undoubtably refers to the meaning of the animal within upper (middle) circles, in which much more then a living being, the animal is used as a commodity article: as part of an individuals carefully build image and ego, rather then being acknowledged as a being with own needs and characteristics. The oblivious character of the 'answer' that she provides her public with in this work, relates to the detached, fully commercially appropriated significance of animals in our present society.

Simonse performs by her alter-ego 'TINKEBELL.', a lady completely dressed in pink, referring to a completely innocent, sweet, naive girl, inflicting these symbols of friendlyness with acts of a violent nature. It is not only the performance itself that generates a reaction of shock, but especially the lines of text spoken by her alter ego 'TINKEBELL., for not only is the act of walking a dead dressed dog shamelessly executed, within the act itself, this is above all not acknowledged as such.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dog
• tinkebell
• chicago
• sarah
• walking

[undeadmaudie]

This is just an excuse to kill animals, fucking freak.

I can see nothing "artistic" in this. It's meaningless and disgusting. I'm an artist myself and I find this... stupid.

[Daggawaggaboof]

You commenters, unless you are some kind of SUPREME vegetarian have almost no right to say how terrible she is since you also, eat meat, use things tested on animals, and probably wear some sort of leather.

You are NO better.

Dogs and Cows both feel just the same.You people just place dogs over cows because you think, OMG dogs are SOOOO cute, cows just smell bad and taste good.

[meliquoi]

@xMiyaoMicksx Thats all you got? lol

[meliquoi]

@ImaginaryFriend101 Actually she killed it because it was ill. I read that on her website. If she chooses to lie about that fact its not my fault.

[HorrorsceneInLove]

If she was dragging a dead human through the streets she would go to curt for her whole life. BBut this is "just" an animal. I say. This should be seen just eqaly. This is nothing but disgusting and cruel. this woman needs to be punched in the face so hard that she's not able to get up again. She must be mentaly ill. Bring her to justice!

[ritavegan]

FUCKING WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­RE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tsia1234]

Someone needs to run up to this sick bitch and punch her in the effing mouth!

[helloLuCo94]

@undeadmaudie YOU are stupid... You don't understand why she's doing this, so, shut the fuck up!

[tisokan]

There is always gonna be people who get animals cause they are cute and make them look good, and dragging dead animals around, and killing animals is not gonna do crap.

[TheSecretShrine]

You are insane! Please heal your mind.I assure you that i will always be there to defend the art, the true culture and above all the innocents and the animals, and i promise you, my dear, to be a shield against yours atrocities, je te tiens à l'oeil pourrie démone, fais très attention,keeskop!

[Laura32697]

You are a mental case! you hide yourself behind the words "even eating hamburghers is cruel"....so?? that gives you the right to abuse and torture animals?? you are even more cruel than those who kill cows, pigs, chickens .. wish you to reborne as an animal in your very own hands.. good luck!