OK, so John Duncan's 'infamous' piece "Blind Date" is billed as the sound of him having sex with a dead Mexican woman, as part of some nihilistic comment on the futility of childbirth (and a ritual that took place on very cheap plastic sheets, if the audio's to be trusted).
Now, I know a bit about how this avant-garde schtick works, so I always assumed that this was just an almighty whopper to piss off the more conservative elements of the art scene, and to gain a bit of notoriety for what otherwise sounds like someone rustling around for 15 mins or so.
But I read a recent(ish) interview with him, and the intro detailed how he actually rang up a mortician in Mexico who was well known for his willingness to accommodate necrophiliacs, provided they had the readies. Duncan's act of corpse-shagging is printed as fact, as is the additional info that he filmed his own vasectomy.
Anyway, you're all the experimental experts, is this true? Was he just bullshitting to seem super-weird and edgy, or did he really bang a stiff?
Now, I know a bit about how this avant-garde schtick works, so I always assumed that this was just an almighty whopper to piss off the more conservative elements of the art scene, and to gain a bit of notoriety for what otherwise sounds like someone rustling around for 15 mins or so.
But I read a recent(ish) interview with him, and the intro detailed how he actually rang up a mortician in Mexico who was well known for his willingness to accommodate necrophiliacs, provided they had the readies. Duncan's act of corpse-shagging is printed as fact, as is the additional info that he filmed his own vasectomy.
Anyway, you're all the experimental experts, is this true? Was he just bullshitting to seem super-weird and edgy, or did he really bang a stiff?