Some kind of art installation in what I can only assume is a old phone-booth-like fire alarm. And yes, that's a bust of Joseph Stalin surrounded by red felt.
But wait! It gets better: There's a old-timey-looking lamp and a plastic fish inside.
Somebody care to take a guess what all this means?
-- In case of imminent threat of communism call the fire brigade?
-- Stalin's opinions were fishy?
-- Examine socialism under a bright light?
WTF?
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probably made by one of the freaks from L&O - and most likely makes no sense at all... ;)
MK
"-- In case of imminent threat of communism call the fire brigade?"
I suspect an artist won't view socialism with such antipathy.
Here are a few thoughts about the display:
-The symbolism of the fish could be death, but death of what? Religion? Capitalism?
-The fact that a proto-communist is in a booth like could mean that socialism can save society when the system as we know it falters.
-The light? A beacon to safety?
Looks like a coffin...death of politics, religion and enlightenment...someone should sound the alarm.
st
nice site....
Where is this bust?
I saw it myself, but cannot remember where. I later thought I had dreamt of it! I find it morally rather 'fishy' to display the 20th century's biggest mass murderer so uncritically...
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