Who's buying ugly shoes in Montana?
by Liv | Published on Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:23 am | Life
Imagine a shoe made out of flesh. Imagine a shoe made out of flesh that moves via animatronic robotics. Yes it's a NIKE shoe that twitches, and pulsates. Held together with staplers. It's purpose is to demonstrate America's disconnection with companies such as NIKE that use less than admirable employment methods to produce their shoes.
Is it real? No. However it was made from molds of the artist's own skin. Designed to suddenly move as art observers move in for a closer look, their usual reaction is to jump and scream, according to its artist.