Television Sacrifice NCAD this friday

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday April 19, 2002 12:01 by thefatremotecontroller

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: throughout Tv Turnoff week monday 22nd - sunday 28th April you must not watch television. Can you survive one week without it? Will your brain implode?

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 200m 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