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April 18, 2005

The labor of 'performance art' ...

From Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin couple plan to have their first baby at an art gallery, the gallery owner said on Saturday, confirming a newspaper report.

"It's a gift to humanity, a once in a lifetime thing," Bild newspaper quoted Winfried Witt, partner of mother-to-be Ramune Gele, as saying.

If it were a "once in a lifetime thing" none of us would be here.
Johann Novak, manager of the DNA-Galerie in central Berlin, said the artistic couple wanted to challenge conventional norms.
What is more conventional than giving birth?
"It's a bit of test to see if society can cope," he said in a telephone interview.
Society seems to cope with birth quite nicely ... from babyshowers, to businesses that cater to parents-to-be, to birthing centers and labor coaches. What's this "cope" schtick?

Yes, PT Barnum is alive and well.

Posted by Darleen at April 18, 2005 01:02 PM

Comments

A my mother always says, there is a time and a place for everything.

This is not it.

Posted by: Mieke at April 19, 2005 03:27 PM