Carrot Bomb: World’s Most Dangerous Art?

By Alex in Art, Pictures, Weapons & War on Jul 16, 2009 at 2:00 am

You may say that modern art is silly, but some may prove to be downright dangerous in this post 9/11 world. Take the Bunny Project, an performance art by Conny Blom where he goes around town putting together a suspicious looking object shaped like a bomb. A carrot bomb, to be precies:

Performance commissioned by Kalmar Museum of Art, Sweden. During the inauguration of the new art museum in Kalmar a suspicious individual sneaked around the premises mounting sculptures made of carrots, alarm clocks, red and blue cables, metal wire and tape. On direct orders from the Swedish secret police the performance was stopped since the Culture Minister refused to give her inaugural speech if it were to continue. The speech , as it later turned out, was about how art must be allowed to be free and provocative.

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Tags: Bomb, carrot, Conny Blom, Kalmar Museum of Art

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Dagonet
Jul 16th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Bunny plays trick on FUD. Some things never change. ^_^
cb
Jul 16th, 2009 at 6:35 am
A fine way to end up shot!
Chad Cloman
Jul 16th, 2009 at 7:44 am
It may be “art”, but I call it plain stupid.
Neal
Jul 16th, 2009 at 8:04 am
This is not art, this is stupid and dangerous.
sethaurus
Jul 16th, 2009 at 8:21 am
“Art”? Hardly. What does this ““artist”” expect to achieve exactly? This is nothing like real “““““art””””” at all. It’s like some people just don’t remember 9/11!
Dagonet
Jul 16th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Maybe I don’t remember 9/11 correctly, but in my recollection there weren’t any vegetables involved.
ozoozol
Jul 16th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I’m sure we could rewrite the history of 9/11 to incite a War on Carrots.

The Culture Minister had it right the first time: art must be allowed to be free and provocative.
Jet Clarke
Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Okay, this has NOTHING to do with 9/11 (it’s Sweden people!), but this guy is just BEGGING to be tasered.
Vonskippy
Jul 16th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
So has a MRI determined which side of his brain has the tumor?
Legidias
Jul 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
So neon lights and produce are out for decoration and art now…
Johnny Cat
Jul 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
It’s still fine and dandy to make your art provocative, but keep it in art houses, or your own house, for that matter. What this guy did was just asinine. It’s like he’s on Facebook, “poking” the world. Stop it.
SenorMysterioso
Jul 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Of course its art. It’s still a bad idea though.
Staxeon
Jul 16th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Art should be free and provocative, but the artist (or speaker in terms of free speech) needs to be responsible for the results of their works, whether they are positive or negative.

If he leaves faux bombs made from carrots around and it makes people think a little more about freedom and expression of art then great, accept the praise. If he incites a panic and people get trampled in the ensueing riot, then he should accept jail time.
renderanything
Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I can’t really imagine a single safety protocol that would prevent someone from the general public calling the local PD about a bomb threat. The artist could have erected large signs explaining that he was commissioned by the museum to install his art, that it was simply made of carrots and not to be frightened in the least but to enjoy his twist on artistic expression, and people still would have bellyached.
saehn
Jul 17th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Pretty narrow definitions of art I’m hearing today. People sometimes seem to forget that art isn’t necessarily beautiful, nor does it need to be safely tucked away in a museum. One of the biggest components of art is how it communicates with the viewer, how it makes them think or feel. I believe that the creator in this had something to express, and his actions certainly seem to be generating the expected responses. Why do people respond these ways? Are these the best responses? What does this say about our world?

And for those who would say, “it’s not art, I could do that”: great! Go out, make art! We need more creative people out there, challenging the status quo and getting people out of their normal thinking patterns. Ars gratia artis.
MCM
Jul 21st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I love how the first comments were largely people pissed off. So glad to see these “moral crusaders” busily patrolling the internet calling people stupid. Thank goodness you were here to tell us what to think. I might have been inclined to make my own opinion otherwise…
Sean O'Gorman
Jul 21st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Sensationalism: The next best thing to talent.
Svenskeet
May 25th, 2010 at 10:11 am
tase him. Now THAT would be a good show. showing the

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