An Australian teenager has faced court for allegedly defacing a large blue sculpture of a mythical creature by sticking googly eyes on it.
Amelia Vanderhorst, 19, appeared via phone at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on Tuesday charged with one count of property damage.
In a statement at the time of the September incident, the local council said CCTV footage showed a person putting artificial eyes on the artwork which locals have nicknamed the “Blue Blob”.
Can’t deface what doesn’t have a face. If anything she faced it.
Like it better with the eyes.
Looking at the “damage” - it seems whoever removed them used a hard scraper and some sort of aggressive solvent. This is not damage from the googly eyes, but from the hands of the remover, who probably had too much caffeine and enthusiasm that day.
unless the person who put on the googly eyes glued them so that it would hold better
I charge Amelia Vanderhorst with being a legend.
the best kind of art is art you interact with. if this art is for the public, then allow the public to have it.
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It shouldn’t be a crime if it’s objectively hilarious.
Why is she punished for vastly improving it?
Perhaps they shouldn’t have used a paint chipper to remove the eyes.
Costing A$136,000 ($89,000; £68,000), the artwork
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We treat art, especially old art, with far too much reverence.
It’s largely just collection trophies for rich people or rich countries.
Most of the historical data, if any, could be collected through scans and downloaded, but we insist on treating these with a weird reverence that makes no sense, often takes up space, and takes money to upkeep.
I honestly don’t support this use of taxpayer funds.
Punishmwnt is a high-5
A kid does something truly artistic and it gets called “defacing”. 🤡
And yet Trump continues to get away with crimes against humanity
