Cloaca-- the pinnacle of modern art or just a piece of shit

So I was sitting in lecture today (yes, miracles do happen) on integrative Gastrointestinal Function and Dr. Post brings up some photos of a project by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye called Cloaca. Get this. It's a room-sized computer operated simulated digestive tract. The mouth is a food processor and the rest of the GI is simulated by a series of beakers containing actual digestive enzymes extracted from animals. At the end of this digestive tract you have a "rectum" which produces authentic (smelly) feces, which are then sold as "art" for 100 dollars/turd. The source of the food? Chintzy new york gourmet restaurants.

www.cloaca.be (no photos on the site, but there are drawings, and I'm sure you'll be able to track photos down on the web of the exhibition in NYC)

With all this said, it is back to my own personal journey through the histology of the jejunum.

Good day dear friends. ¶ 13:08