Brussels, Belgium is probably the most bland, neutral place in Europe. It makes Bern look like a car chase in comparison.
However, they do have a statue of a little kid peeing, which is kind of creepy. In fact, the statue undergoes a great deal of public celebration, including:
festive costume changes – a Santa suit in wintertime, Count Dracula, a red-leather garment when they’re in an Eastern groove. In fact, the Manneken Pis has more than 800 costumes stuffed into its wardrobe at the Museum of the City of Brussels, some so old and weather-beaten they’re no longer suitable for the light of day.
Russian performance artist Petro Wodkins had enough of this shit:
Let’s face it. Belgium is a boring little country. And Brussels is a boring city. Filled with boring tourists.
In the center of Brussels there is a horrible little statue. A small pissing boy. Where the tourists gather.
What would happen if we changed the horrible little statue for something beautiful?
Like a statue of Petro. Would the tourists even notice?
So he put up a statue of himself pissing in front of the peeing boy statue. For doing so, he was taken into police custody.
I don’t know what’s weirder: having a statue of a pissing kid, dressing up a statue of a pissing kid, trying to put a statue of you pissing in front of a statue of a pissing kid, or arresting a man for putting a statue of himself pissing in front of a statue of a pissing kid.
Regardless, if this is the most exciting thing Brussels can muster, then this is pathetic.
