Fw: Camden Arts Centre = THIS IS SICK

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" karin ridgers " <veganessex

Monday, January 19, 2004 10:26 AM

FW: Camden Arts Centre = THIS IS SICK

 

 

> Camden Arts Centre

>

>

> In the Mail on Sunday (18 Jan) there is an article about Francis

> Upritchard, a student at Camden Arts Centre, who uses real fur. She

> boasts openly about how she cut up the family pet, a ginger tom, to turn

it

> into an exhibit. In an interview with an arts website in New Zealand, she

> says " My brother Robert got given $20 to dispose of the cat. So he got

some

> thinly sliced ham from the fridge and gave it to the cat and when he was

> bending down eating it....he hit him on the back of the head with a

shovel.

> Then he rang me up straight away at art school and brought it to college

in

> a rubbish bag. It was a fat cat and its body was really hot. I had to

put

> it in the freezer and make it more dead " . She then relayed in vivid

detail

> the processes of skinning a dead cat. " I cut it down the belly and then

> turned it all inside out. The hardest bits are around the eyes and

things. "

>

> PETA has reacted with horror about this.

>

> In a statement, Camden Arts Centre director Jenni Lomax said " Francis

> Upritchard is working at the centre as part of a scheme to support

artiststs

> and and give the public access to their creative process. Recycling is a

> large part of her work. Recently her work has included creatures made

from

> old fur coats discarded in charity shops, which are parodies of Victorian

> hunting trophies. We are delighted she is part of our programme. I hope

> people will visit the centre and see her work for themselves " .

>

> Ms Upritchard also says " I used to be a vegetarian for a long time but now

> that I eat meat, I eat the whole thing including the offal, because I

think

> it's wrong to be wasteful. The taxidermist I work with took me through

all

> the ethics and the snake I am stuffing at the moment " .

>

> Please give Camden Arts Centre a call on 0207 472 5500 or e-mail them on

> info to register your disgust.

>

>

> Veronica/Linda - please forward/circulate to as many people as you can.

>

> Thanks

>

> Sharon

>

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