“The Decapitator” is going around London altering advertising to give it the gruesome appearance of meat. Here’s the full gallery of decapitations on Flickr.
I can't say for sure what this artist is trying to say, but in addition to the anti-consumer message, I think there's the strong suggestion of the connection between our bodies and what we eat.
With everyone talking about environmentalism, being green, and going organic, it's becoming harder to avoid thinking about where our food comes from and in particular how meat gets to the table.
On this side of the Atlantic, I just I just picked up a copy of MeatPaper at the local butcher, “Your Journal of Meat Culture”, which is a kind of a Salon-style take on meat-eating and food consumption generally. The two San Francisco-based publishers are former vegetarians who "have yet to meet the meat they wouldn't eat".
It's amazing to me that in today's eco-conscious climate, there is something about meat that is provocative and even grotesque. Is being a meat-eater going the way of the dinosaur?
Misha Cornes
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