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This story doesn't tell us anything the forum didn't already know, but it's worthwhile just because it's rare to see it quite this blatant. The full article below tells the whole story, but click through the link to see the video (can't embed in the forum software). Viewer discretion is advised.

Full story, with video.

(Note: The reporter--a woman--clearly strikes an all-too-sympathetic tone toward the attention whoring.)

Quote:Selfie attempt sets off domino effect at L.A. gallery and causes $200,000 in damage
By Veronica Rocha

The quest for the perfect selfie at a pop-up gallery in Los Angeles known for its Instagram-friendly art took a disastrous turn recently, and it came with a steep price.

The calamitous scene unfolded when an unidentified woman crouched for a selfie in front of a row of crowns displayed individually on pedestals and fell backward, triggering an unstoppable domino effect in a room described by the gallery as “a serene space.”

A video, posted on YouTube Thursday, captured the mishap at the 14th Factory as each pedestal fell onto the next.

Simon Birch, a British-born, Hong Kong-based artist who conceived the art installation, told the New York Times that the selfie fail occurred two weeks ago and caused about $200,000 in damage.

But Birch was not put off by the blundering snapshot. He told the New York paper that the museum has no plans to warn visitors in the future to be careful because, he said, “We trust people.”

He added, “Crowns are fragile things. They are symbols of power. Perhaps it’s ironic and meaningful that they fell.”

According to the gallery, the fragile installation “displayed crowns, or at least some resemblance of what a crown might be, presented as precious trophies or boons. The title of this work was inspired by the electronic dance track ‘Hypercaine’ by DJ Fresh. It is also a signifier of the ultimate human drug — power.”

The immersive art exhibition opened in April at an old warehouse in Lincoln Heights and features multimedia artists from around the globe.

EDIT: And where are my manners? WB, of course.

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anchor:

Quote: unclear who will pay for it

I wonder if she will get a pussy pass on the 200k in damages.

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Welcome back

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$200,000 of art on unstable tables that can tumble like dominoes? This looks like an insurance scam...

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But guys, Tuthmosis posting isn't the focus here. How the whole thing was destroyed by 1 girl taking a selfie is the big deal.

(Welcome back!)

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Praise Ra, the Pharaoh has returned!

She couldn't knock off your crown!

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Every time I go someplace with fancy things on tables, I'm terrified that I'll bump into one and this will happen.

That said, I'm CaptainStabbin.
200k of art on tables that are less stable than the ones I used to hold my laptop when I'm sitting on the couch? Without even a rope setting them off from the crowd?

The blame lies entirely with the idiot artist who set this place up, not with the girl.

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#1. Stupid bitch taking a selfie

#2. Shitty tables from China, communists made better

#3. That shit is no art

So which one of those things is the main topic here?

(Btw. if the things displayed had any real value, not just 21st century value, bitch would get arrested or shot if she got just near it.)

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(07-15-2017 12:55 PM)YoungBlade Wrote:  Praise Ra, the Pharaoh has returned!

She couldn't knock off your crown!

Indeed. There is nothing better than to see the return of RVF royalty in every sense of the phrase.

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(07-15-2017 01:14 PM)Uruz Wrote:  So which one of those things is the main topic here?

The main topic is that Tuthmosis has posted upon the broad again.

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The lesson here:

Don't put princess crowns on pedestals. We've come full circle gents.

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This was very bad design by the gallery to be honest and could be triggered by anyone.

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Even in the news articles they are insinuating that this was a PR stunt.

In the SFgate story, they are even putting 'selfie fail' in single quotation marks.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/articleCommen...289150.php

And one commenter said:

Quote:Notice how the "security" image is moving around (shaking) as though some one is holding on to the camera. And then it pans just little to the right and just enough to capture the guy running down the end of the isle. Plus a hand and finger appears right before it ends. That's more like some one videoing the incident, not a high mounted security camera keeping a surveillance of the area.

Also, in a cursory search for WYB purposes, I am finding no one reporting her name.

Seems a PR tell.

(P.S. When I first typed the word cursory, it came out cursoy. This G Manifesto meming has affected my unconscious. Few know this. Evidently not even me.)