Comments on: Reflections on THE RAPE TUNNEL

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:01:40 +0000

Although you defend your intention to discuss the state of contemporary art, did you ever stop to think about the repercussions this hoax would have on the discussion of rape? An article exploring that concept would have been far more interesting and powerful.

By: BBambles

BBambles — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:35:00 +0000

I got trolled sooo hard!

By: Gladys Rodriguez

Gladys Rodriguez — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:22:31 +0000

To be honest, when I first read the piece, I was completely intrigued and did believe that in our contemporary art community today, something like “The Rape Tunnel” could happen. I’m not sure whether I support the methods in which ARTLURKER used to, “stimulate contemporary art conversation”, but it at least produced some sort of debate.

It just feels as if someone has pulled a really messed up joke on somebody, and no one is laughing. I bet rape victims don’t give a rat’s ass about “contemporary art discussion”.

By: Richard Whitehurst

Richard Whitehurst — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:25:20 +0000

Now thats ART!

By: Richard Whitehurst

Richard Whitehurst — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:09:23 +0000

Hi my name is Richard Whitehurst and imagine my surprise… You and your friend Victor may need lawyers soon.

Thanks a lot!

By: Fan of Rape

Fan of Rape — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:39:50 +0000

awwww.

By: Captain Colon

Captain Colon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:56:53 +0000

Does that mean the War of the Worlds is a low blow towards victims of aggressive Martians? The end of the world is no joke, after all. Orson Welles was sooo immature.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:53:26 +0000

Low blow towards victims of rape. I understand the discussion part but then coming forward and labeling it a hoax is classless. Rape isn’t a joke. There’s better ways of creating discussions about rape than creating falsified information. Really immature

By: Aimee Webb

Aimee Webb — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:38:50 +0000

I suggest next time the duped should check http://www.snopes.com/ and not believe everything they read on the internet

By: Lol'ing hard

Lol'ing hard — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:45 +0000

Pretty much everyone complaining is an idiot. You got trolled and you deserve to be trolled because you’re drooling, unthinking internet cows. This piece was a hoax and was an art piece unto itself, despite the modest line ARTLURKER posts about not claiming to be an artist. It successfully and hilariously critiqued the state of journalism, the state of the bleeding edge art world, and the relationship between the two.

Mostly, it easily critiques the knee-jerking internet populace who can’t help but have an opinion about everything. And not even a good opinion, or a well typed one. Comments range from the two-word pejorative to the vomit of poorly spelled ‘that’s wrong’ diatribe. Even after it was outed as a hoax in the comments, people couldn’t help but give their slack-jawed, worthless opinions, as if the hoax hadn’t been exposed. Now their stupidity has been crystallized as a canvas of reactionary gobbledegook juxtaposing a hilarious and well-put work of art. At the end I can’t help but thank Sheila Zareno, Victor Barrenechea and the rest of the ARTLURKER staff for a great piece of art in the gallery “space” of the internet. To the rest caught unawares, angry and stupid – you deserve nothing short of utter contempt and ostracism.