Oh yeah, so THIS is why I never played with dolls as a child.

June 14, 2005 1:22 PM

Play With Me. Van Sowervine's creepiest art piece to date (via).
posted by Menomena (14 comments total)

*drinks drano*
posted by quonsar at 1:25 PM on June 14, 2005

Fuck. Google search sucks. Sorry guys.
posted by Menomena at 1:28 PM on June 14, 2005

I had never seen it. Kinda wish I didn't........
posted by lee at 1:46 PM on June 14, 2005

Now that's something.

I knew the internet was around for a reason. I just didn't know the reason was to PERMANENTLY SCAR ME.
posted by kbanas at 1:50 PM on June 14, 2005

That's astoundingly creepy. What a groovy way to do the interactions though. The stop-motion animation is brilliantly executed. I'll grant that it's art, but I kinda wish that I didn't have those images stored somewhere in my brain now. Tres disturbing.
posted by dejah420 at 2:31 PM on June 14, 2005

FUN! We have a bleeder! (this is great and worth the dub post, thanks)
posted by Peter H at 2:44 PM on June 14, 2005

Ah gahd. I've had tea and played coloring books. Do I really want to click on the monkey??
posted by headspace at 3:00 PM on June 14, 2005

oh yes - click the monkey
posted by evilgenius at 3:15 PM on June 14, 2005

I think I've now experienced all of the outcomes, and my mind will never be the same.
posted by TricksterGoddess at 3:18 PM on June 14, 2005

SPOILER ALERT (?!)








i don't get it, what's going on when you click the monkey & then click on her and she takes off her dress & then you click on her again? i just hear an ominous sound and it goes black. am i being dense?
posted by jcruelty at 3:25 PM on June 14, 2005

*drinks more drano*
posted by quonsar at 3:43 PM on June 14, 2005

Wow. That is seriously disturbing. The smashing teacup sequence from the coloring book especially.
posted by dazed_one at 4:12 PM on June 14, 2005

jcruelty: I saw that as an indicator that some major fricken child abuse was going on. "Take off your dress and stand in the corner?" That was the creepiest one of all, IMO.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:27 PM on June 14, 2005

A-hem . . . I don't mean to be a naysayer but this is really not very disturbing -- just kinda angst ridden art school stuff. In fact, I hadn't read the artist bio when I first saw this and I honestly thought it was some kinda amateur project. Mildly amusing as unintentional black comedy.
posted by Toecutter at 5:04 PM on June 14, 2005