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The Australian: Art of getting paid to drink [October 27, 2005]
by wilpig at 2:17 pm EDT, Oct 27, 2005

LONDON: A Japanese artist has been paid �5000 ($11,800) of taxpayers' money to drink 48 bottles of beer and then fall off a wooden beam.
The "performance", which took place at an arts centre in Cardiff, has outraged members of the local council and caused bafflement among the public, many of whom do exactly that every Friday and Saturday night, without getting paid.
However, an arts centre spokesman said: "This wasn't just about a woman drinking a lot of beer. This was a powerful piece of art."

How is this art?