April 25, 2007
The Man with Horns
Not related to cell phones, but a haunting and beautiful piece on LoIP of Etienne Dumont, a brilliant art and culture critic with the Tribune de Genève newspaper in Geneva.
"I had heard of his physical extravagance, which beautifully matches his writing style, but I'd never seen the man. The picture was made without using any computer graphics. Dumont is tattooed from head to toe; has plexiglas piercings on the nose and under the lower lip; a titanium ring on the left hand; rings of 70-mm (2.7 inches) of diameter on the earlobes. And two horns on his head, which he plans to grow bigger in the coming days -- by replacing the two silicon spheres currently inserted under his skin with larger ones.
... He dismisses any psychological reading of his corporal transformation: "In the US, to justify their tattoos they often talk of spiritual quest; for me, it's just amusing" . And he states: "Being an extravagant man gives me greater freedom".
He was recently written up in the La Tribune de Genève, where he spoke out about his transformation (in French). "I was told this would change my life. Not al all! I live in the same apartment, work at the same job and have no health problems".
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