this is so cruel

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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

TRANSLATION OF THE PETITION:



To: Central American Biennial Depth 2008

14 September 2007 - Of the Newspaper the Nation of Costa Rica we read:
[link]

In the middle of controversy, the Costa Rican Biennial of Visual Arts (Bienarte) 2007 last night inaugurated a strict and small work selection and awarded six artists with happens to represent the country in the Central American Biennial Honduras 2008.

The artists awarded in this sixth edition of the prestigious appointment of contemporary art were Errol Barrantes, Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, Oscar Figueroa, Mimiam Hsu, Esteban Stone and "the band of the submerge-emergent ones" (Sila Chanto and Jhafis Quintero).

The jury, integrated by Ana Sokoloff (Colombia), Oliver Debroise (Mexico) and Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers (Ecuador), chose with work base of great quality and excellent coherence between idea and execution, according to detailed.
the Bienarte is organized by the Industralists by the Art.

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One of the "artists", Guillermo Habacuc Vargas ([link]) allowed the death of a dog by starvation during the event.

He is inadmissible that pisoteen of this form the rights of the animals and that the "artist" had gathered it of the street to let it die moored with a cord to the wall of the gallery when she had the opportunity of not making it or even save it.



Of the Blog de Rodrigo Peñalba
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"According to I knew the dog died on the following day by lack of food. During the inauguration I knew that the dog was persecuted in the evening between the houses of aluminum and cardboard of a district of Managua with santo name who Habacuc that could not need at the moment. 5 children of whom they helped in the capture received 10 bonds of córdobas by their collaboration. During the exhibition some people requested the freedom of the small dog, to which he artist refused himself. The name of the dog was (it was) Natividad, and I let myself to him die of at sight hunger of all, as if the death of a poor dog was a shameless mediatic show in which nobody does nothing else that to applaud or to watch disturbed."



Nothing we can do by this dog but if to treat of which the organizers of the Central American Biennial Honduras 2008 do not admit this "maltratador artist" of animals. I request to you you adhere to this request and that you spread more than it is to you possible shameful east act to gather the maximum of companies and to veto it in the biennial.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Let's just hope he at least won't take part in the Biennal.

i had already read about this, and i could hardly believe it...
to tie an animal and let it die it's not art, it's pure cruelty.

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eons of life which slips gently toward death without fuss or stirring, without even asking 'Why?'
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Friend of Silence

I agree. The saddest thing is it's propably impossible to forbid this kind of actions. According to what I read on the internet all we can do is sign the petition and try to exclude Guillermo Habacuc Vargas from the art society to which he claims he belongs.

Let's hope he won't be doing any more of such horrible things - or at least won't be showing anything during the Biennial of Honduras 2008.

that's horrible. I cannot believe that kind of actions.


T

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Still running with wolfs... here I am now--> ~RunningWithWolfs

they will hear my voice..


Thanks to take the power and time to inform about that.


We have to do something with that.

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Still running with wolfs... here I am now--> ~RunningWithWolfs