Fake "living statue" prank by Mark Jenkins

Posted by David Pescovitz, July 24, 2008 1:39 PM | permalink

Everyone's seen those "living statue" street performers who pretend to be sculptures and then try to surprise you by moving. A few weeks ago in Barcelona, prankster artist Mark Jenkins installed a real sculpture of a strange donkey and disguised it as a "living statue." What fun! The Golden Ass (YouTube)

Previously on BB:
• Mark Jenkins: cafeteria pranks
• Mark Jenkins: Traffic-Go-Round
• Mark Jenkins: Meter Pops
• Mark Jenkins casts a human head in packing tape
• Mark Jenkins: Tape Babies
• Mark Jenkins: Fake People

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#1 posted by Anonymous , July 24, 2008 2:54 PM

Reminds me of a prank that Australia's "The Chaser" did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QoAWtTAxEE

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#2 posted by Stefan Jones

, July 24, 2008 3:11 PM

That's wonderful.

"The Golden Ass" is a classical (Roman) novel involving magic, shapeshifting, and, uh, a raunchy animal act.

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#3 posted by Hypernation , July 24, 2008 4:37 PM

Yes, well spotted - The Chaser got there first! What legends they are.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , July 24, 2008 5:43 PM

What a clever idea!!! I wonder how much money ended up in that bucket.

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#5 posted by Justin Ried , July 24, 2008 7:03 PM

I love how even the bravest souls could only muster a quick tap, just in case the statue *might* be real!

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#6 posted by Anonymous , July 24, 2008 10:54 PM

Haha! this looks hilarious, I have seen someone do a similar thing.
:( I tried to view the original video by clicking the link, but Youtube said "This video is no longer available". Anyone know where I could view it?

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#7 posted by things , July 25, 2008 1:28 AM

brilliant. The guy who figures it out and cracks up at the end made me happy.

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#8 posted by Pyros

, July 25, 2008 10:18 AM

Funniest thing ever. I hope this post doesn't someday go down the memory hole.

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#9 posted by Steeevyo , July 28, 2008 4:20 AM

Nice idea. But Christian Jankowski the german artist deserves credit for creating the original idea.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/06/christian_jankowski_in_convers.php