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My Dearest Cat Pinkeltje by Katinka Simonse, aka TINKEBELL., 2004.
TINKEBELL. killed her own cat and turned it into a handbag. The project aims to show people the hypocrisy of animal consumption and leather production and to provoke by exemplifying the blind spots of modern society.
In her own words she "confronts a public that revels in being indignant about everything that has nothing to do with them, but at the same time is very apologetic about their own actions."
DISINFORMAZIONE Artista killer uccide animali per amor dell'arte
DISINFORMAZIONE Artista killer uccide animali per amor dell’arte
Vai a capire perché a volte circolano nuovamente certe storie. Mi segnalano un articolo del 2011 del sito Tecnologia-ambiente.it dal titolo “Artista killer, uccide animali per amor dell’arte (fai girare la petizione)“:
Si chiama Katinka Simonse, ha 31 anni e vive ad Amsterdam. Ha ucciso animali innocenti e l’ha fatta franca. Li ha uccisi nel nome dell’Arte.
Katinka possiede molti animali e li…
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Abuso animal.
Y cuando creía haber visto de todo, descubro la existencia de Katinka Simonse y su "arte" que consiste en convertir gatos, perros, conejos o cobayas y demás en bolsos y juguetes. No debería indignarme tanto ya que hay casos peores, porque esta mujer es probable que los mate de forma rápida e indolora por lo que he leído, pero sigue siendo cruel e innecesario, además de que tiene muchos en su vivienda para seguir con su "trabajo". Es más repulsivo que la taxidermia, que aún se lo curra para que no parezcan cadáveres, esta mujer no es una artista sino una Enferma, y una Asesina y con demasiada libertad para con los animales, como todo el mundo. Ya bastante nos tienen que soportar los animales, que haya más justicia y menos abuso (por pedir pediría cero) para ellos por favor, y que lleven a juicio a esta mujer y deje de matar y joder "por el arte" (por pedir pediría que me la traigan con vida para hacer un bolso con su cuerpo :3).
This is not "art", this is cruel and disgusting. Spread the word, sign the petition.
Katinka Simonse, a 31 year old female living in Amsterdam, has been killing innocent animals and getting away with it. These horrible acts have been looked over because she killed these animals in the name of “Art”. Katinka owns many animals and keeps them in horrible conditions. She owns 60 hamsters in balls and remote controlled guineas pigs. She puts day old male chicks through paper shredders. She writes numbers on the snails in her garden to keep count of them. Although she is not being charged by police, she has angered a good part of the animal loving world and definitely will be charged by them. However crazy this woman may seem, she has given an explanation to why she does what she does and thinks it is ok. To view a translated video of Katinka (TINKEBELL) giving her reasons, click here.
The act that has angered most people about this case is, in 2004 Katinka Simonse killed her very own cat and then made it into a handbag. There was some confusion on how she went about with the killing, but in this video she clearly stated at 1:10 that she snapped its neck. To view that video, click here. It is not translated, but the message is very clear, as she even demonstrates how she did it. Now you know the acts and the evil, but our work is not finished. Something must be done. We need to urge the Dutch government to obtain Katinka and sentence her to a very harsh trial for animal abuse.
SIGN THE PETITION NOW! [LINK REMOVED- againstagamemnon] “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” – Martin Luther King, Jr
I'm only reblawging this to correct a few things. I'm actually quite interested in Katinka Simonse's work, and I don't find her "evil" or "cruel" at all. A bit eccentric, and definitely avant garde, but neither of those are mutually exclusive with cruelty.
Firstly, she does not own "60 hamsters which she keeps in balls". There were ninety-five hamsters which were used as part of an art installation; they were later seized by authorities thanks in part to campaigns like this, but mainly due to the fact that the gallery housing the exhibit was not licensed to show live animals. I've never heard of her writing numbers on snails.
She never killed any chicks. She said she would do it, as a means to call attention to the fact that thousands of male chicks are 'culled' every day, due to the fact that they can't lay eggs and are useless to the egg industry. She said she would do it viscerally, and in a way that would be jarring and sensitizing, so yeah, a paper shredder makes sense, but it never actually took place.
Her euthanizing her own animal is no different than having a veterinarian do it; except for the fact that if she's doing it, the animal is more comfortable, and the procedure is quicker and cheaper. Several sources have stated her cat was sick before she chose to euthanize it. Likewise, making a handbag out of a beloved pet, while eccentric, is not evil. The animal lived a good life, better than any animal destined to become a leather coat or shoe.
While personally, I would prefer to see her use discarded corpses, if she feels she needs specific figures, and can't wait for trash cadavers, then so be it. Her work is important. It makes a statement that people are willing to ignore: that fido and fluffy are not inherently special. If we give welfare to one species, we must do the same to our livestock species. Her work is shocking, and provocative. Her work is necessary.
No one has any personal right to demean her or her work if they have ever even killed an insect, let alone eaten meat, or other societal norms we find so common.
†Changed the photo to a more flattering, recent photograph, featuring one of her newer works.
This is the work of Katinka Simonse. I honestly don't know much about how she acquires the animals she works with or how and why they're killed but I hope that people take a moment to consider the point that she's trying to make. If you're so outraged that a cat might be killed and used as art, then you should be even more outraged that 35 million cows are slaughtered each year in the US, or that 50 billion chickens are being killed worldwide on a yearly basis.
This artist reveals something deeply contradictory about the way we live our lives. We attribute cuteness and other qualities to cats and dogs, and interact with them every day. We become invested in them and their existence becomes important to us. Cows, pigs and chickens, on the other hand, are farmed by the millions in the most squalid and inhumane conditions, but, because all this is done behind the scenes, none of it ever becomes that real to us. We can ignore the horror and go on living our lives (and enjoying our burgers and leather).
In the end, the outrage that people experience when confronted with the supposed brutality of this work is conveniently misplaced- people see her as the enemy, when, in reality, she is simply holding up a mirror so that you might begin to understand yourself and your society more clearly.
Every year, worldwide, 35 billion Male chicks are killed just after hatching. This project shows the John Doe's and their sad love stories that never happened. --TINKEBELL
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this is both beautiful and tragic. I love it and hate it. And I wish people could find the things I find, and see them from both sides of the arguement. TINKEBELL, you crazy bitch, shine on.
