i wonder how much this "artist" is getting paid

just saw this channelnewsasia report; makes me wonder what other sorts of "experimental art" are being shown at the biennale.

"trying to use mind power to levitate city hall?

that's what 300 people tried to do on saturday by locking hands and surrounding cityhall building.

the project was conducted as part of the singapore biennale 2006.

can mind truly overcome matter?

the answer in this case is simply 'no'.

the believers, try as they might, failed to levitate the 77-year-old building.

but according daniel malone from new zealand - the artist who came up with the idea - the aim is to examine the role of art in relation to belief and the current state of the world.

the significance of the work lies not so much in the physical result but rather, what effects the project will have on its participants.

the project was inspired by a 1967 protest in washington dc where anti -war protesters tried to levitate the pentagon."

- satish cheney, channelnewsasia

the effects the project will have on its participants... well, i guess i will feel rather sweaty and silly after the whole thing. still can't believe that the organisers actually managed to get 300 people to stand there looking like fools.

hey, who knows, maybe some of the participants decided to play punk and sabo the whole project! i can just hear them now, "i will the city hall not to levitate... i will the city hall not to levitate...".

idiots.