Student Exposed His Genitals At Career Fair - Claims It Was Art - Arrested

[matcom]

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The student charged with indecent exposure at the Webster University career fair Nov. 1, has stated the incident was a performance art piece. In his blog, Misha Sulpovar, an art and religious studies major, said the alleged exposure was one in a series of social experiments meant to assess cultural taboos in society involving awkwardness around the human body.

Lieutenant Stephen Spear of the Webster Groves Police Department (WGPD) said the police were called to Webster after a report of indecent exposure. Spear wouldn't confirm the suspect's name, but said the suspect approached a table at the career fair with genitalia exposed through a pant zipper. After inquiring if there were any job openings with the company, Spear said the suspect then colored on his genitals with a highlighter from the company's table.

In his blog, http://mishasulpovar.blogspot.com/, Sulpovar described his experiment as such: "I go out to a populated, neutral, public place with an unzipped fly and what appears to be scrotum-like flesh hanging out. I would walk around seemingly unaware of this detail and note peoples' reactions."

In an interview, Sulpovar would neither confirm nor deny whether he actually exposed himself and said the question itself was becoming just as much a part of the experiment as the act itself.

http://www.webujournal.com/media/paper245/news/2005/11/17/News/Arrested.Student.Says.It.Was.Art-1059522.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.webujournal.com

[Spacemom]

1. I don't even want to know

"I go out to a populated, neutral, public place with an unzipped fly and what appears to be scrotum-like flesh hanging out."

[Deja Q]

2. Somehow, seems very appropriate...

:wow:

:rofl:

[xchrom]

3. lol -- i hate it when that happens --

it's art, damn it!

[bridgit]

4. well, you know i agree...

[underpants]

5. Sounds a lot like the Today Show this morning

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2256188

[matcom]

6. LOL - The Today Show

IT'S ART!

[underpants]

7. Well it ain't news

that's for sure

[afdip]

8. ars gratis artis