New Media Artist - Simonse, Katinka AKA Tinkbell
Manuta
Jr., Perfecto P.
Instructor:
Joseph DeLappe
´June 10, 1979,
her known alias is Tinkebell.
´A Dutch artist
who is known for her work with animals and how people treat them.
´She has
received lots of hate mail for most her work. One in particular. “My Dearest
Cat Pinkeltje”
´The goal of
her work is to raise awareness of mass production of animals like cows and
pigs; then kill them for consumption.
“Save the Pets”
´95 hamsters
were set loose in art gallery Master in Amsterdam. She wanted to show people
how they treat their pets. The concept of dual morality of respecting peoples
animals. People were shocked. Her thought was that you can put one hamster in
one ball but you put 95 hamster in 95 balls then there is an uproar.
´She wanted to
show how people treat their pets.
´She did a Tedx in Amsterdam
about social medial and blogs. These where fiction based blogs and social
medial outlets that she created to blur the truth. She then explains that this
was the new truth. This makes her status as an artist more controversial.
´https://youtu.be/WlIV-utTMnY
´She turn her
cat into a purse. She killed the cat by breaking its neck and skinning it.
Paragraph Summary
Katinka Simonse is an interesting artist to say the least. Her approach to art is unique in the fact the she uses shock and aw to promote her point of view. At times it is very effective to getting her point across to the public and sometimes the people don't get it. This gets her into a lot of trouble. She gets hate mail, death threats, etc. for certain pieces she had done. Interesting to think that some of the pieces she has done like "My Dearest Cat Penkeltje" she has received a lot of hate mail and death threats for. Understandable, considering she killed her own cat. She once said on an interview "She did it because her cat was terribly uncomfortable at the veterinarian. Her cat would have been suffering there. So she did it herself." She explained.
