November 17, 2003: Better Check The Other Exhibits

"Police have removed the corpse of a man believed to have hanged himself at least a year ago after builders and students at Budapest's University of Arts had initially mistaken it for a modern sculpture." Here's the whole Reuters story.

It could be worse. Here in Austin, which has a bad Public Art Problem, the guy could have been left to hang a lot longer, people who complained could have been mocked as cultureless art-haters, and some "artist" could very well have collected a five-figure check from the city government.

Trying Again On The Case Mod Story

Last week I pointed to Mark Jones' Lovecraftian case mod page . . . and naturally, the day the story appeared was the day that site was unreachable. Let's try again . . . -- Steve Jackson

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