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Authorities close Downtown [Pittsburgh] art installation blamed for seizures
TribLive via WPXI ^ | September 30, 2013 | Matthew Santoni

Posted on 09/30/2013 10:04:01 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Authorities temporarily shut down a room-sized art installation Downtown on Sunday night because three visitors reported having seizures inside since it opened Friday.

An 18-year-old woman was the latest to experience seizurelike symptoms Sunday afternoon inside the installation on Liberty Avenue, titled “Zee,” by Austrian artist Kurt Hentschlager. The woman was treated at the scene and released.

Hentschlager could not be reached.

District EMS Chief Paul Sabol said it was the third seizure reported at the gallery since the installation opened Friday.

Before entering, patrons must sign a waiver that describes the exhibit as “intense stroboscopic light in combination with thick artificial fog, resulting in a loss of spatial orientation.” The waiver says that the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the artist can't be held responsible for any injuries.

It warns visitors that anyone with a personal or family history of photosensitive epilepsy should not go inside, nor should patrons with breathing problems, heart problems, migraines, claustrophobia or anxiety. It says the fog isn't harmful, even at high levels of exposure.

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: art; pittsburgh; seizures

1 posted on 09/30/2013 10:04:01 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: martin_fierro

He sells seizures by the north shore.


2 posted on 09/30/2013 10:08:37 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“...must sign a waiver that describes the exhibit as “intense stroboscopic light in combination with thick artificial fog, resulting in a loss of spatial orientation.”

Is that what happened to the Cowboys in the 2nd half on Sunday?


3 posted on 09/30/2013 10:09:50 AM PDT by Made In The USA (I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Makes me want to see it; prolly be the only modern art that “moves” me...


4 posted on 09/30/2013 10:10:21 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Art?

Art?

If so, then the Obamadork is intelligent also.


5 posted on 09/30/2013 10:22:39 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SoothingDave

She sells seizsures and sea shells by the sea shore.


6 posted on 09/30/2013 10:24:40 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: NativeSon

As a native Pittsburgher I can tell you this a common reaction whenever we’re exposed to culture. Culture is just not something we do.


7 posted on 09/30/2013 10:25:27 AM PDT by huckfillary
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Whoa, colors, and for some, a bit of foaming at the mouth.


8 posted on 09/30/2013 10:26:30 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Da Coyote

“Art?”

As i’ve said before,
“Art today, can be a booger with a hair in it!”


9 posted on 09/30/2013 10:30:28 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I knew that big rubber duckie was no dang good!

Meanwhile this article explains the Steerlers going 0-4...


10 posted on 09/30/2013 10:33:24 AM PDT by prisoner6 ( FREEDOM!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.


11 posted on 09/30/2013 10:38:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: huckfillary; prisoner6
Culture is just not something we do.

The giant rubber duck is about all the culture we can handle.
12 posted on 09/30/2013 10:42:23 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Republicans should do the same on the upcoming immigration amnesty bill.

let the Democrats have their amnesty, but it is limited to exactly 11 million illegals. Period.

Everybody except Marco Rubio knows there are at least twice or more than that number. Call their bluff.


13 posted on 09/30/2013 11:25:49 AM PDT by oldbill
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To: huckfillary

Chuck it into Frank Curto Park with all of the other stupid so-called “art” foist upon us in years past.


14 posted on 09/30/2013 12:25:06 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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