Art has always pushed the boundaries and this is no exception. I have to give props to Uman for this, as i spotted it on his fb account.
The image is a recreation of Rodin's famous 'The Thinker' image, but with a twist of shooting 500,000 volts of electricity through the artists body. The artist, Tarren from Western Australia, build a home made Tesla coil, from junk and bits he could get together. His protection was a layer of cheap builders foil.
The 52-year-old said: 'In doing this I wanted to do something new that also challenged the boundaries. Allowing the sparks to contact my body or face directly is not safe of course. A single spark that gets past the defences would throw me to the ground in intense pain like a Taser shock.
'Multiple sparks would also stop me breathing and be fatal.'
Well someone's gotta live life on the edge!
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