"Go Off or Die Off." A compilation and compendium of supplementary material uncovered during the research and analysis process in creating my companion blog... Renaissance Village Idiot. In other words, a pile of cool junk that is mostly flagrant re-blogging... except for the bits that crawl from the darkest projections of my personal Plato's Cave, regurgitated here for your nightmarish pleasure. Consider it An eclectic Collection of Oddities and Wisdom you Need to Know before the End of Days.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Suicide as Art
Half-a-century ago a 20-year-old woman jumped off the Empire State Building. About four minutes later, an art student who was across the street when the incident happened took a photo. The photo was used in Time Magazine, and was later appropriated by Andy Warhol for use in one of his prints. While a morbid idea, Jason Kottke describes this interesting story on his site.
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