'Ecstasy' Art Show
November 11, 2005 6:18 AM   Subscribe

High Art at the Geffen Contemporary includes an LSD fountain, wow.
posted by xowie (14 comments total)
 
Ok, I'll bite. If the fountain really has LSD in it, how could they possibly get away with it? Remember, this is America, not England, where they have been known to have similar exhibits.
posted by afroblanca at 6:51 AM on November 11, 2005


Seriously, if this claim were true the nearest DEA office would be on this like a ton of self-important bricks.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 6:56 AM on November 11, 2005


Is it one of those things where they SAY it is, and if someone tries it and thinks they are tripping out we can all laugh at them?
posted by agregoli at 7:08 AM on November 11, 2005


It's a very cool premise for a show. You could do one that goes all the way back to Hieronymous Bosch (ergot) and Delacroix (opium) but it's usually something that's quietly relegated to academic footnotes.
posted by mygothlaundry at 8:53 AM on November 11, 2005


Is it one of those things where they SAY it is, and if someone tries it and thinks they are tripping out we can all laugh at them?

The weird thing is that it's illegal to sell fake drugs. The sentencing isn't the same, but I know that it's a felony (possibly depending on what state you're in), and you can go to prison for it.

Don't know what the laws are for GIVING away fake drugs, though.
posted by afroblanca at 9:48 AM on November 11, 2005


Wow, I had a dream about growing mushrooms the other day. I was growing these huge mushrooms in my back yard (in a house I only had in the dream) I was trying to keep Psilocybefrom growing there, but some of the mushrooms looked like they were Psilocybe, so I was worried. Ultimately I ate some to try to figure it out.
posted by delmoi at 11:16 AM on November 11, 2005


IIRC it's a homepathic LSD fountain.
posted by adzm at 11:30 AM on November 11, 2005 [1 favorite]


er, homeopathic. delmoi's comment distracted me, ha.
posted by adzm at 11:30 AM on November 11, 2005


IIRC it's a homepathic LSD fountain.

Still, couldn't the DEA arrest for microscopic amounts? It's not like more ridiculous things haven't happened.
posted by afroblanca at 11:51 AM on November 11, 2005


I'm going to eat a Fred Tomaselli collage and check it out.
posted by xod at 2:58 PM on November 11, 2005


I find it easier to believe that someone wouldn't get arrested for leaves, resin, and pills. LSD is hardcore mandatory minimum felony anywhere in the US.
posted by afroblanca at 3:21 PM on November 11, 2005


Am I seeing things? What, really, are things? Is it the water that is running, or is my own brain making the water run?

Please, let's keep LSD away from art, music and poetry. Well art and music, anyway.
posted by kozad at 7:22 PM on November 11, 2005


Please, let's keep LSD away from art, music and poetry.

Ummm... Good luck with that one...
posted by afroblanca at 7:53 PM on November 11, 2005


lucy in the sky with diamonds?
posted by OU812 at 7:57 PM on November 12, 2005


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