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...visiting artist this year, Fontcuberta has brought his unique artistic eye to the Harvard campus—one that seeks to question the very nature of artistic truth. In his native Spain, Fontcuberta has pioneered a form of prank art that forges traditional artistic scenes and representations and passes them off as real, thus raising the question of what is, in fact, authentic...
...Harvard, Fontcuberta’s students are appreciative of his novel approach to art. One of Fontcuberta’s students, VES concentrator Duncan A. Johnson ’05, says, “His prank art is fantastic—it seems like an ethical problem, but I don’t think that he’s malicious in any way. He challenges the ideas of authorship, history, media, and he pulls it off with a sense of humor...
Despite the ultimately harmless nature of the device, Dubois-Walton said the city was taking it seriously and could file charges if police determine who was responsible for the failed prank...
...There will be a full investigation,” she said. “I call it a prank, a hoax, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be criminal consequences to that prank...
...package just before 8 a.m. and quickly sealed off the Bowl. But the questionable package turned out to be a harmless device that would release fire-works and a banner over the stadium reading “No School on Monday”—most likely a prank by some miscreant Elis gone awry...