Art is a Crime

ejworthen · Post by **ejworthen** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:16 am

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... ster2.html

Barrel Monster Bust
Cops: Man created public art with items swiped from construction site
JUNE 12--A North Carolina man is facing criminal charges for creating an amusing piece of public art from construction barrels. Joseph Carnevale, 21, was nabbed Wednesday after a Raleigh Police Department investigation determined that he was responsible for the work (seen below) constructed May 31 on a roadway adjacent to North Carolina State University. Carnevale, pictured in the mug shot at right, was charged with misdemeanor larceny for allegedly building his orange monster from materials pilfered from a construction site. According to an arrest warrant, Carnevale "destroyed three road blocking barrels by cutting and screwing them together to form a statue." Police estimated that Carnevale's artwork caused $360 in damages to Hamlett Associates, the North Carolina construction company that owned the barrels. Carnevale is scheduled for a July 21 court appearance in Wake County.

bullfrog · Post by **bullfrog** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:27 am

that is brilliant...

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:30 am

Oh come on. Thats jangleplatz! Effin' expensive plastic barrels.

ejworthen · Post by **ejworthen** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:31 am

Seems to me that $360 for art like that is a bargain.

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:47 am

Someone, please photo-shop a word balloon.

SLOW DOWN JACKASS!

That's just what it seems to be saying.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:14 am

It think the question of art being a crime is entirely analogous to what Woody Allen said about sex being dirty.

If it's done right.

elem · Post by **elem** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:24 am

that statue is awesome.

the criminal charges are not.

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:00 pm

That is awesome. Does this guy have a paypal defense fund set up yet? I'll totally pitch in 5 bucks, just on principle.

Rabbit_Fighter · Post by **Rabbit_Fighter** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:03 pm

I agree that it is awesome, however, destruction of property is destruction of property.

Isn't half the point of guerilla art, the fact that you are breaking the law to do it? Shouldn't have gotten himself caught.

ninemileskid · Post by **ninemileskid** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:19 pm

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:49 pm

Wooooow. About, oh, maybe twenty years ago whilst driving home from a --ahem-- gathering of friends, I intentionally hit about fifty of those things with my car, painted flat black. They were set up on top of a temporary water line which was part of a replacement project in my home town. I went down one side of the road, knocking them off (they bounce really well), and had so much fun I turned the Black Sabbath tape over, turned around and nailed all the ones on the other side of the street, cackling the whole way.
The next morning I returned to the scene of the crime on my way to someplace or other and there were orange barrels all over the fucking place, mostly in lawns, one in a tree, and several junctions of water main were spouting water. A lot of water.

Ahh, good times. Glad I survived them.

rolly · Post by **rolly** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:08 pm

That's jangleplatz!

$120 a barrel? Seriously?

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:11 pm

rolly wrote:That's jangleplatz!

$120 a barrel? Seriously?

And people wonder why taxes are so fucking high...

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:14 pm

rolly wrote:That's jangleplatz!

$120 a barrel? Seriously?

Looks like they are stretching the truth there to inflate the damages figure:

http://www.trafficsafetystore.com/SubCa ... =4&SCID=29

I'm betting that company didn't pay near that amount, since they surely buy in bulk. From the link above:

Item # Product Sheeting 1-14 15-49 50+ Quantity
DrumEGTire Channelizer Drum with Recycled Tire Base Engineer Grade (EG) $62.00 $51.50 $44.25 Add
DrumHITire Channelizer Drum with Recycled Tire Base High Intensity (HI) $94.00 $78.50 $67.25

Depending on quality of reflective, that's $44.25 each or $67.25 each when bought in quantity, which they most likely did.

Since some of these barrels commonly get damaged and destroyed on almost every job, companies seldom go out and buy just two or three, they buy huge batches once a year.

To be sure, damaging someone else's property is wrong and at bare minimum the guy should reimburse the company for the cost of the barrels he took.

Priest · Post by **Priest** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:27 pm

Hell, I'd give that company $360 to let the dude off, and keep the big orange barrel monster.

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:41 pm

Priest wrote:Hell, I'd give that company $360 to let the dude off, and keep the big orange barrel monster.

I'd chip in for that.

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:49 pm

Check out his other work:

if these pics disappear, they are at the very bottom of the first page of this thread:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?i ... d=58348655

Edit: well fuck, I screwed that post up somehow.

His site:

http://nopromiseofsafety.com/

SSCAM · Post by **SSCAM** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:13 am

Crazy (from stiles' link above):

<object width="420" height="339"><param name="movie" value="" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="339" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object>
<b><a href="">Car Surf</a></b>
<i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/uliveandyoub ... urn</a></i>

Oh, and this is badasstical:

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/m ... 1jx8hi.jpg">

Post by **DerGolgo** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:51 am

stiles wrote:Check out his other work:

if these pics disappear, they are at the very bottom of the first page of this thread:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?i ... d=58348655

Edit: well fuck, I screwed that post up somehow.

His site:

http://nopromiseofsafety.com/

Allow me:

Mask · Post by **Mask** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:24 pm

I like it.

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