You remember “Piss Christ:”

And the Virgin Mary stained with elephant dung:

And most recently, “Chocolate Jesus:”

So…

What could the warped artistic world possibly dream up next to denigrate the faithful? Well, having exhausted bodily excretions and the candy store, they are now taking religion-bashing high tech. Big hat tip to The Ugly American at Sondra K’s blog, who e-mailed me last night about an exhibit by a Los Angeles-based “artist” that opened yesterday in southern California. It’s called “Christ Killa:”

From the press release:

LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 12, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Christ Killa,” featuring digital and video artist Eric Medine.

Described as the ultimate arbitration between politics and Christianity, “Christ Killa” is a video game linked to video projectors and television monitors. A first person shooter in which the player shoots hordes of homicidal Jesus Christs, the game landscape is filled with Googled images of Christian propaganda posters, religious shrines such as St. Peter’s in Rome, and clichéd representations of Christ who constantly mumbles messages of tolerance and compassion.

The audience is invited to participate in the carnage by playing the video game and watching short videos of the game in action.

About the “artist,” Eric Medine:

He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996 and his Masters degree at the Otis School of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 2006. He has shown work at the 2005 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, the Angels Gate Art Center, the Greater L.A. MFA Exhibition in Long Beach, and the Walled Cities Gallery in San Pedro where he recently had a one-person show.

I find it incredibly amusing how “avant garde” these “artists” believe themselves to be.

Ooooh. Homicidal Jesus Christs. With guns. How “edgy.” Not. It looks like they hired the same people who wrote the mock right-wing terrorism drills in Burlington Township NJ or Muskegon County, Michigan to put this exhibit together.

You want edgy? Go ahead and create “Mohammed Killa.” Replace the Homicidal Jesus Christs with Homicidal Mohammeds mumbling cliched messages of peace from the Koran. Fill the “game landscape” with Googled images of Muslim propaganda and sacred mosques while the Homicial Mohammeds blow themselves up in crowded schools, restaurants, buses, and markets.

Put that on exhibit. Go ahead. Be a maaaverick “artist.” Show us how brave you are at offending all people of faith.

Double dare you, Mr. Medine.

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Readers, if you happen to be in L.A., go check it out and report back. Here’s the exhibit info:

“Christ Killa” – work by Eric Medine

Opening Reception & Screening
May 10th, 12:00 – 9:00PM

REGULAR SHOW HOURS
4/12/07 – 5/12/07
Thurs – Saturday, 12 – 6PM

Niche.LA Video Art
453 S. Spring St. #443, Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 247-0002