[News] Yale Student Uses Abortion for Art

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Yale Daily News - For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse

For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse
Martine Powers
Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, April 17, 2008

Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement.

Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process.

The goal in creating the art exhibition, Shvarts said, was to spark conversation and debate on the relationship between art and the human body. But her project has already provoked more than just debate, inciting, for instance, outcry at a forum for fellow senior art majors held last week. And when told about Shvarts' project, students on both ends of the abortion debate have expressed shock . saying the project does everything from violate moral code to trivialize abortion.

But Shvarts insists her concept was not designed for "shock value."

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Well this is pretty intriguing. Personally, I say good on her. While I think it's a bit over the top, I think that's always necessary in things of this nature.

It's refreshing to see politically charged art on a present day big-issue for people.

Thoughts, feelings, comments?

edit: fuck I suck, god damn search function and not using it.

Go ofn yourself.
 
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When the member reposted this, I suggested reckless OFN. Now that you've posted it for the third time today, I'm pretty sure it is reckless OFN.
 
Fact is we don't really know when someone becomes well... someone. So i am okay with someone getting an abortion to get out of possible trouble at a wrong time or for other good reasons but isn't this useless toying with the unknown?
 
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Coylter said:
Fact is we don't really know when someone becomes well... someone. So i am okay with someone getting an abortion to get out of possible trouble at a wrong time or for other good reasons but isn't this useless toying with the unknown?
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way to fail
 
Hey everybody lets keep bumping this old thread so we can see how long it stays on the front page for.

This thread is now about your day. How was your day everybody?
 
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