Catch Of The Day: Artist Impales Herself On Shalk Hooks
THE Artists: Anorak’s look at art in the news…
ALICE Newstead is an artist. She is upset that sharks are being caught by finning – sharks are impaled on hooks and their fins are sliced off for shark’s fin soup.
To the Lush soap and small shop on London’s Regent’s Street, where Miss Newstead is employed. The 26-year-old Newstead is impaled.
Says Miss Newstead: “I am doing this because the demand for shark fin soup and other shark products is wiping out the shark population.
“I have had my torso, legs, arms, stomach and knees pierced before so that I could hang from them, so this is no big deal.
“Being hung from the chest is more painful than the back because it restricts your breathing, but as long as the piercer knows what they are doing then it is completely safe.”
No shark was harmed in the process…
Posted: 5th, September 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True Comments (16) | TrackBack | Permalink
