{"id":16013,"date":"2014-08-28T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=16013"},"modified":"2016-07-19T20:41:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T20:41:33","slug":"lady-gagas-ice-bucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.ca\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/lady-gagas-ice-bucket\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga’s Ice Bucket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lady Gaga\u2019s Ice Bucket Challenge.<\/p><\/div>\n

As reported on artnetnews<\/a> by Cait Munro: Just in case you\u2019ve somehow escaped the ubiquitous Ice Bucket Challenge<\/a>, here\u2019s the low down: The ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Association launched a viral fundraising campaign in which a person is challenged via social media to dump a bucket of ice water on his or her head. The person has 24 hours to donate to the ALS Association<\/a>, complete the challenge, or do both. Once they have done so, they challenge other people in their social network to do the deed, ensuring the thing spreads like wildfire, or at least a chain letter. At this point, the trend has both spiraled out of control and obfuscated the initial purpose of the campaign, but that hasn\u2019t stopped countless celebrities from jumping on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n

Eschewing the typical scream-and-run-around reaction to having ice water dumped upon one\u2019s head, Lady Gaga opted to turn her Ice Bucket Challenge into a performance art piece worthy of her pal Marina Abramovi\u0107<\/a>, finally putting to rest the nagging question, \u201cIs the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Art?\u201d In a bondage suit and jet black lipstick, Gaga perches on a chair and stares into the camera with dead eyes. She holds a giant silver bowl above her head, gracefully dumps it on herself, and remains unfazed, despite he ice cubes falling off of her, before staring into the camera once again with the same expressionless gaze. Evidently, once you\u2019ve worn a dress made of raw meat, you must be pretty impervious to discomfort.<\/p>\n