{"id":1006,"date":"2008-08-06T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T23:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2008-08-08T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T22:01:16","slug":"the-waterboard-thrill-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"The Waterboard Thrill Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last month artist Steve Powers installed a new amusement at New York’s Coney Island – the Waterboard Thrill Ride<\/a>:<\/p>\n


\nPhoto: Tom Giebel (atomische.com)<\/em><\/p>\n

This will exhibit, which features a scene of an animatronic torturer and victim, will continue through the summer. Feeding a dollar through the slot in the front, will set the scene, viewed through jail bars, in motion.<\/p>\n

Powers: “It’s about time that this uniquely American ritual of intense water horror, a practice long reserved for New England witches and Al-Qaida brass, was made available to the people. This project will give some everyday New Yorkers the chance to experience – for a few brief, bone-chilling seconds – all the thrills of being a prisoner under interrogation at Guantanamo Bay. And the installation is fun for the whole family<\/strong>.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again, an artist has found the most succinct and visceral way to express the horror of what our country is doing in our names. Since our leaders are unable to concede that this barbaric practice is torture, Powers has found another description that illustrates the obscenity of pretending that a universally recognized method of torture is really just “enhanced interrogation.”<\/em> How can it be bad if it’s enhanced?<\/p>\n

This exhibit is stirring some controversy, as do most exhibits with profound social messages. Last year Steve Kurtz was arrested<\/a> and harassed for expressing himself. In 2006 Dread Scott’s show<\/a> was ordered shut down even though it did nothing that that George Bush hasn’t done. If nothing else, these episodes prove that artists are still the most dangerous<\/a> members of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Late last month artist Steve Powers installed a new amusement at New York’s Coney Island – the Waterboard Thrill Ride: Photo: Tom Giebel (atomische.com) This will exhibit, which features a scene of an animatronic torturer and victim, will continue through the summer. 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