Pretty much says it all.
Posted on 06/16/2006 9:53:44 PM PDT by beaversmom
Mother's milk may be the healthiest food for babies, but is it art?
Yes, according to Jess Dobkin, a lesbian mother and artist who will present her work Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar on July 13 at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the institution of higher learning that a few years ago brought you vomiting as performance art.
The audience will be invited to sip during cocktail hours (5 to 8 p.m.) small cups of pasteurized breast milk donated by six lactating new mothers in the community. Dobkin has obtained a breast milk pasteurizer and will have the milk tested by a lab.
"I am taking all precautions," she said in an interview. "Donors have all been screened."
She is also designing a unique serving vessel for each woman. "I conducted interviews with all the donors and I worked with each to envision the appropriate serving device, the way different glasses are used for red or white wine. The vessel is designed to bring out the uniqueness of each woman's milk."
Following the "tasting," there will be an artist's talk and discussion.
Dobkin, who came to Toronto from New York, and has received grants from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council, said in a news release she became interested in taboos surrounding breastfeeding.
"This project re-contextualizes something often regarded as indecent or repellent, offering a celebratory view," the 36-year-old said. "A substance that nourishes us in our infancy later becomes a curiosity in adulthood."
Make mine a White Russian.
But, why drink it from a cup?
Why not just have the "milk cows" reclining on the bar, and allow thirsty museum patrons to guzzle it directly from the source?
The gay rights activists will be all over this, demanding equal time for their own version of the human-bodily-fluids-cocktail hour.
Lovely.
Pretty much says it all.
I prefer to celebrate with a nice microbrew. These people really need something to do with their time.
If it wasn't before, it is now
I'm sorry. There are just some things so stupid that you have to laugh.
Homo oginized I presume.
Yikes!
I'll bet the nutcase can even say that with a straight face.
Her poor kids.
Nothing new here. It was the beverage of choice during the Lilith Fair Tours.
For a related thread on disgusting lefties--this one from San Fran:
World Naked Bike Ride in San Francisco (WARNING: LINK NOT WORK-FRIENDLY!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1648271/posts
This is not a kid friendly link either.
Ick.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. I just want to know how big the crowd is going to be and how many will partake of the potent potable.
How is a baby breast feeding seen as indecent or repellent?
Some of the articles around here have been getting really, really weird.
eeewwww!
I think ill pass.
I have to admit that my wife tricked me into drinking a cup of tea laced with breastmilk.
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