Michael Stone’s “It was Art” claim, rightly was thrown out of court. If it was an attempt to emulate those Leeds students, the use of viable devices gave it away as a decidedly non art event. It struck me as strangely familiar when it went big. Well, now I wonder if his defence team got the idea from our commenters on the day of the incident itself…
Here’s Rory at 11.39am (Less than an hour after the incident):
Never mind, cheer up – societys loss is the art worlds gain. The salons of Europe will wait in keen anticipation the arrival of the latest collection of the prison masterpieces.
And then Yokel at 12.05pm:
This guy has such a penchance for publicity. You cant help but laugh. I think its art myself….
Either it was art, or someone got a cracking idea for an admittedly implausible defence…
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty