the fuck?~
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Artist arrested for planting marketing figures
By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff
The man who sent city and State Police rushing to defuse what they believed were explosive devices around the Boston region was arrested tonight.
Attorney General Martha Coakley scheduled a 9 p.m. press conference to announce the arrrest of Peter Berdvosky, an Arlington artist.
On his personal website, he posted pictures of a small group installing the figures -- little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture -- on the exterior wall of a hospital, on the awning of a Cambridge bar, at an Urban Outfitters, and a bridge.
On another website, he describes himself as adroit at painting, animation, video and sound design, sculpting and installation art.
Berdvosky's lengthy resume boasts a 2005 bachelor's degree "completed with distinction" at the Massachusetts College of Arts, his second place finish at the 2004 Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, and a merit scholarship he received from MassArt in 2000.
On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and Leo Tolstoy, and included passages that moved him. One sentence from Tolstoy's "Confession" was underlined:
"It became clear to me that art is an ornamentation of life, something that lures us into life. But life had lost its charm for me so how was I to charm others?"
The guy, Peter, in that article is my friend. He's one of the boston folk. The square shaped men are the moonenites, the "bombs" are propaganda for adult swim. basically adult swim encouraged a lot of people to do advertising and propaganda, these incidences happened in 10 other major cities. peter was the only one arrested, for terrorism. his bail has been set at $100,000 and the mayor wants him to do jail time for 2-5 years for each box that was put up in boston.... THE FUCK?
Artist arrested for planting marketing figures
By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff
The man who sent city and State Police rushing to defuse what they believed were explosive devices around the Boston region was arrested tonight.
Attorney General Martha Coakley scheduled a 9 p.m. press conference to announce the arrrest of Peter Berdvosky, an Arlington artist.
On his personal website, he posted pictures of a small group installing the figures -- little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture -- on the exterior wall of a hospital, on the awning of a Cambridge bar, at an Urban Outfitters, and a bridge.
On another website, he describes himself as adroit at painting, animation, video and sound design, sculpting and installation art.
Berdvosky's lengthy resume boasts a 2005 bachelor's degree "completed with distinction" at the Massachusetts College of Arts, his second place finish at the 2004 Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, and a merit scholarship he received from MassArt in 2000.
On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and Leo Tolstoy, and included passages that moved him. One sentence from Tolstoy's "Confession" was underlined:
"It became clear to me that art is an ornamentation of life, something that lures us into life. But life had lost its charm for me so how was I to charm others?"
The guy, Peter, in that article is my friend. He's one of the boston folk. The square shaped men are the moonenites, the "bombs" are propaganda for adult swim. basically adult swim encouraged a lot of people to do advertising and propaganda, these incidences happened in 10 other major cities. peter was the only one arrested, for terrorism. his bail has been set at $100,000 and the mayor wants him to do jail time for 2-5 years for each box that was put up in boston.... THE FUCK?