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Television Sacrifice Dublin next friday

thefatremotecontroller | 19.04.2002 11:13

Sick of TV? We have the solution. Get to the Courtyard, NCAD, 100 Thomas St., Dublin 8 on friday 26th April 6.30pm.

Everyone present will have their names go into a hat. If you get picked you will be handed the ceremonial weapon of your choice, don the sacrificial safety garb and then smash a tv. There are a number of televisions available for your smashing pleasure. Weapons available so far are: a brick, a sledgehammer, and an aluminium baseball bat (pictured). Please feel free to bring your own weapon. Anyone with a large double sided axe, a mace or a scythe is welcome. There is one condition for entry: throughout Tv Turnoff week 22nd - 28th April you must not watch television.

Television Sacrifice will improve your health:

- at the point of contact of weapon and television tube, endorphins will be released into the bloodstream, reducing stress and alleviating aggression.

- aiming the weapon will improve your hand to eye co-ordination

- whereas watching television will increase your levels of zombification, smashing television actually stimulates thinking and interaction with other humans.

Items to bring:
- Safety goggles / eye protection.
- Your favourite weapon, preferably large and heavy. No guns: sorry.
- Old/broken televisions (with tube intact).

To find the courtyard in NCAD go under the arch on Thomas St, keep going straight for about 150m and you'll see the courtyard on the right
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Zen TV experiment: spend 10 mins watching others watching tv

Recyclable materials from television carcasses will be recycled

quote in picture from The Perfect Machine by Joyce Nelson

links:
 http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/tvturnoff/
 http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/
 http://www.aloha.net/~jhanson/page24.htm

thefatremotecontroller