Guy sleeps with 365 men and calls it art

[teh b0lly!!1]

his mom must be proud.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/36212...ith-365-people

After hearing that a young man in London wanted to lose his virginity in front of a crowd of people, I was convinced we’d seen it all (at least as far as performance art goes). Enter Mischa Badasyan, the performance artist whose latest piece, titled “Save the Date,” involves him having sex with a different man every day for a year. This should be … interesting?

According to HuffPo, the Berlin-based performance artist was inspired by the feeling of emptiness so often associated with hookup culture, as well as his own experiences with it. With “Save the Date,” Badasyan intends to show the connection between sex and loneliness, and use hookup apps and sites (like Grindr) to do so. He also plans on drawing from French philosopher Marc Auge’s theory on “non-places," or, as Badasyan describes for Vocative, "anonymous spots" like grocery stores:

Non-places are supermarkets, shopping malls, airports and other largely anonymous spots where people lose a sense of identity and feel like they don’t belong. In these places, you don’t have to talk to anyone or feel a sense of belonging. That creates loneliness.
In other words: He’ll be having sex with strangers in random, most-likely crowded places. HuffPo notes that by hooking up in these “non-places” over and over with anonymous partners, Badasyan believes he will himself become a non-place ("whoa!" is right).

Now, to answer at least one of your many follow-up questions, yes, he plans on using protection. In fact, he even has a condom sponsor! Badaysan also tells Vocativ that he will not be telling his conquests (subjects?) about his project in an effort to protect their feelings. He also made sure to get tested before commencing with the piece.

Aside from just having anonymous sex, HuffPo notes that Badaysan wants to collect a small souvenir to commemorate each of his experiences — which he will then turn into an installation. He will also film a documentary to follow his, erm, journey.

Controversial aspects of the project aside, he does have decent intentions for the project. Badaysan tells Arts.Mic that he wants to emphasize the importance of "safer sex." He also defends his project by reminding folks that this is performance art, and tells Mic that a "performance artist should always be pushing his own body and the performance."

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the idea, but if Badasyan is passionate about the idea (and he definitely wears condoms), then he should go for it. I, on the other hand, will continue to express my feelings toward such heavy subjects over here, alone, with food!

[teh b0lly!!1]

i do wonder as to this person's level of aptitude in the realm of the acoustic six-string instrument

[teh b0lly!!1]

though let's be honest here, acoustic Black Star covers won't really cut it to make a guy throw his panties on you.

more like Pantera riffs on a Dimebag Darrell signature guitar is what's required for such an art project, surely

[duovamp]

You're just jealous.

[duovamp]

Don't buttslut shame.

[vixnix]

I read an article about a lube dispenser in a gay bar here being spiked with acid which is a disgusting thing to do (fill it with acid I mean), but also, I was like, LUBE DISPENSER WTF

Like, let's be clear here. If there are lube dispensers in the bathroom, no matter who the clientele are, they are also kinda slutty. Rite?

[teh b0lly!!1]

haha "kinda slutty"?

i get grossed out by hot tubs and tissue dispensers at hotels, so a goddamn public LUBE DISPENSER... i just i don't even

[reprise85]

there's an art installation at my college that is literally a wall covered in different couch cushions. just glued on the wall. right next to it are stairs with dozens of lamps laying on their sides under it. there's also mazes on the walls with boundaries made up of extension cords.

i had never been in the performing arts building but one of my classes is there this semester, for lack of space in one of the general or science buildings. it's almost like a different college.

[reprise85]

https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net...04&oe=5853F3B6

there are a lot more/different cushions there now but this is the wall

[ilikeplanets]

I...don't like it

[reprise85]

yeah im pretty sure it sucks and im not just old/out of touch but hey, maybe not

[teh b0lly!!1]

i just hate this post modernist approach that anything and everything could be art
or alternately, that there could be an art in everything.

it's an appealing IDEA, but... a wall of cushions? a guy fucking some different stranger for every day of the year? this isn't "art", sorry

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by reprise85

yeah im pretty sure it sucks and im not just old/out of touch but hey, maybe not

I don't like saying so but it definitely just sucks. does anyone like it? Hmm

[Elphenor]

I thought it looked neat idk

Why does art have to be so literal and ham fisted in its message

Sometimes art should make you go "wtf why"

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I thought it looked neat idk

Why does art have to be so literal and ham fisted in its message

Sometimes art should make you go "wtf why"

It doesn't have to be literal but for me to like it it has to be pretty or disturbing. The cushion wall is just too simple and tacky for me to like

[ilikeplanets]

In fact I like the smooth look of the wall better without the cushions

[teh b0lly!!1]

THAT'S BECAUSE THE GUY WHO MADE THE WALL IS AN ARTIST

[teh b0lly!!1]

you know what though, i take it back

a wall of cushion is as legitimate an art as anything else. i just don't really like it much visually. but it's an interesting thought i suppose.

[Elphenor]

Honestly stuff like that would make me smile

Normal walls and then boom wall of cushions

[ilikeplanets]

I'm sure it's art still, so therefore it's okay to hate it!

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

Honestly stuff like that would make me smile

Normal walls and then boom wall of cushions

I would crash into them and fall on my ass. Every time.

[MyOneAndOnly]

b0lly, where's the video of all this sex? is it on XHamster or do i have to pay for it?

[teh b0lly!!1]

it's a 365 gigabyte megatorrent available on teh dark net

one gig a guy

[slunken]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-1ECycyh8OQ/hqdefault.jpg

[redbreegull]

can't remember where it happened, but I had a professor who was trying to make a point about how traditional socieites feel affronted by the West, and he used the example of a college student who repeatedly became pregnant and then aborted the fetuses and then painted/made art with the blood and tissue

[slunken]

Is getting an abortion like getting a tooth pulled where you can take home the extracted thing?

[ilikeplanets]

Do you want a real answer? Because the blood doesn't stop for a while after going home.

[Elphenor]

that's gnarly

I like how I don't have any moral horse in this but I'm still a bit shocked

Art is success

[slunken]

Originally Posted by reprise85

https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net...04&oe=5853F3B6

there are a lot more/different cushions there now but this is the wall

i love stuff like this.

[Elphenor]

It's great isn't it?

http://www.dominorecordco.com/images...eair_pre_3.jpg