The Fish In A Blender Psychology Experiment #shorts

Marco Evaristti's Helena y el Pescador artwork was considered a psychological experiment as much as it was an art piece.

Helena y el Pescador was an art installation by Marco Evaristti at the Trapholt museum in Denmark back in 2000. The art was a room with 10 blenders, each of which contained a goldfish vulnerable to any visitor to the exhibit who chose to turn on a blender.

One interpretation of the art is that humans have the power to destroy nature anywhere, not only in art galleries, but putting this choice in an art gallery makes that power more visible. A researcher remarked that the exhibit started intense discussion about animal rights and artistic freedom.

According to Evaristti:

This work was originally part of the “Eye go black” exhibition in 2000, where the photograph was seen first, then the missile and lipsticks and finally a table with ten blenders containing living goldfish. The option of blending goldfish stole the thunder from the rest of the exhibition.

The work is ultimately about a person’s journey in the world in which Evaristti believes there are three types of person: The Sadist, the Voyeur and the Moralist. If a person is a sadist he or she will press the button on the blender because he or she is able to do so. If the person a voyeur, he or she excitedly observes whether others will press the button. Is the person a moralist he or she becomes infuriated by the fact that there is an option to blend fish. Moreover, the work does not have a single, unambiguous interpretation, but it is possible to seek out the many elements that point to the differences and similarity between the masculine and the feminine. Goethe's poem, The Fisherman, lay in a cupboard and served on several levels as inspiration for the installation. From the fish in risk of being pulled out of the safe water, to the meeting with the fatally seductive mermaid – and the longing for love. Goethe’s poem, The Fisherman, lay in a cupboard and served on several levels as inspiration for installation. From the fish in risk of being pulled out of the safe water, to the meeting with the fatally seductive mermaid – and the longing for love.

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[chrono]

Yall left out how no one pushed any buttons so a journalist took it upon himself to do so and write about it. It wasn't cruelty, but greed.

[stanleystove]

"I bet you 5 dollars they don't work"
"Aight bet"
[LOUD BLENDER NOISES]
"Shit."

[ZenithWest]

FYI the person who did it was a news reporter. If memory serves me he wanted to write a story about it depicting the "horrific act", but no one ever pushed the button so he did it himself.

[Moistfireballs]

There was something similar with a performance artist named Marina Abramović in the 80s. She put 72 objects on a table (among them, food, roses, nails, a metal bar, scalpel, and a gun loaded with 1 bullet.

She told the audience that they had 6 hours to do whatever they wanted to her with them items on the table.

It started out shy. They moved her, poured some water on her etc. Then it got dark quickly. They touched her, someone cut her neck, they cut her clothes. Eventually someone took the loaded gun and put it in her hands positioned against her throat. As they were moving her finger to the trigger, another audience member intervened.

She said the point of her show was to prove how fast humans are willing to hurt under favorable circumstances and quote “they didn’t rape me only because they were with their wives”.

[lulufan]

Killing an animal for no reason, no matter how painless it is, is wrong. Doesn't he know that's how it starts? People who end up doing horrible things start with animals

[StandYourGroundHomestead]

There was an artist who chained a stray dog to a poll and allowed it to starve to death as an "art installation." People just walked by and gawked at the poor dog. It made me lose interest in the art community.

[Barney]

The 8 goldfish who witnessed the event are still in protection and have been assured they'll never again be anywhere near a blender or an artist.

[LuckAqua]

This is crazy. As a fish lover, I can't handle this.

[scorpx]

"You're under arrest for murder"

"But i killed him instantly so he wouldn't suffer"

"Ight my bad"

[WojtaDaCat]

"make your decision, are you going to blend the fis-"
"p r o t e i n"

[niktniewiem]

Artistic freedom is the dumbest argument you can think of.

[euarduu]

So if he had put dogs in a guillotine it would be ok too? No, it wouldn't. Fuck the court. This IS animal abuse. You can't just commit a crime and call it art.

[elonwong]

You know what’s more powerful?
To set up the buttons to a spotlight pointing at the person, and lights around the studio to turn off.

[The_handsomeElbow]

There’s that one poor 5 year old who saw a button and had a mission.

[noodlynoodle]

As a vet student and fish hobbyist I am APPALLED by the vets that deemed this okay because they died a quick death. They aren't deserving of their degrees

[PhatesDemise]

Anyone find it ironic they tried to punish the man who asked the question of morality, but not the men who actually killed the fish?

[ogiler]

For my next art project i will mail pipe bombs to random people.

[windy]

He would have gotten the same insight whether or not the button actually worked. The whole experiment is about the act of pressing the button, assuming it's a normal blender that works, not the reaction after. There was no need for the fish to die

[Grandflea]

Me: *puts a human in a human sized blender*
Court: You are charged with murdering another person
Me: But... It was quick and painless, he wouldn't have felt a thing!

[feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq]

As an animal lover this is heartbreaking