{"id":67,"date":"2007-05-30T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2007-05-30T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T20:10:26","slug":"little-bruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Little Bruiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"flailinggirl\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flailinggirl.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/t-shirts.html\">FlailingGirl<\/a> loves t-shirts. She&#8217;s considering getting married in one.  T-shirts are close to my heart as well.<\/p>\n<p>I designed a one-of-a-kind t-shirt for a performance I do. I put an iron-on transfer of Rene Magritte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s famous \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a not pipe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d painting on the front of a white t-shirt. The image of the pipe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bowl is also really a sewed-on little pocket. A big red lettered word is added at the end of the French phrase.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ceci n&#8217;est pas une pipe<\/em><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">BOMB<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The firecracker in the pocket (pipe bowl) has an extended fuse. The end of the fuse is an imaginary cigarette. I hold the make-believe cigarette between two forefingers in V-sign (Peace sign or Victory sign?). I alternately hold the fuse\/cigarette in a grotesque lip grip.<\/p>\n<p>I go out among the audience like that, somewhat aggressively asking each and everyone \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You got a light?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d There is a definite sense of apprehension in their chuckles and smiles. Eventually I get a light.<\/p>\n<p>The fuse on the firecracker, my dance, lasts about three minutes. The explosion \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ruins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the t-shirt just enough to make it art. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153innocent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d audience survives the experience unscathed. Their ticket stub directs them to the Ebay listing where they can bid on the ruined t-shirt, no reserve.<\/p>\n<p>As the old carnie saying goes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hard way to make an easy living.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"627\" alt=\"this is not a pipe\" title=\"this is not a pipe\" src=\"http:\/\/ratconference.com\/ratsass\/pipebomb2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Self-portrait with Temporary Tattoo &#038; Fading Bruise Near Pipe Bowl<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FlailingGirl loves t-shirts. She&#8217;s considering getting married in one. T-shirts are close to my heart as well. I designed a one-of-a-kind t-shirt for a performance I do. I put an iron-on transfer of Rene Magritte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s famous \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a not pipe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d painting on the front of a white t-shirt. The image of the pipe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bowl is also really a sewed-on little pocket. A big red lettered word is added at the end of the French phrase. Ceci n&#8217;est pas une&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/?p=67\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ratconference.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}