A naked woman tied herself to a tree by the foot and then accidentally got stuck. Hilde Krohn Huse was filming herself for an art project in a remote wood near where she lives in Farnham, Surrey, when the knot around her ankle tightened. After dangling upside down for 80 seconds for the shot she needed, she went to release her leg but the noose so tight she was completely stuck. The video, which filmed her struggle for 11 minutes, shows the 26-year-old artist, who is originally from Norway, desperately trying to free herself. First by using her hands to pull the rope open – which completely fails. Then she is seen climbing up onto the branch.She said: ‘When I realised I’d tightened the knot [under my bodyweight] I thought, “Oh my god Hilde, you’ve d one something really stupid. Let’s try to get out of it”. ‘I went practical, saving my breath, trying to calm down. Freaking out would not have helped.’ As she tries to climb back down again she falls, with her foot still firmly stuck in the rope. Eventually she is seen screaming for help – until the camera battery fails and the screen cuts to black.She was stuck for a further 20 minutes. Eventually her friend Ginte, who was staying with her from Norway, heard her cries and came to the rescue, releasing a rather embarrassed Hilde from the tree. She had rope burns around her ankle and a year on from the accident she still has a scar on her leg.
I'm not sure if this should be posted under Safety or Funny Things...
Though it is funny, it is a sobering reminder that when you're doing something like this, to keep a backup release handy (fortunately, her friend heard her screams). Two-legged backups are preferable - and can run a video camera
Jenny.
Helplessness is a doorway to the innermost reaches of the soul.
If my corset isn't tight, it just isn't right!
Kink is the spice of life!
Come to the Dark Side - we have cookies!
As low as she was... she could have just left the box cutter on the ground, hidden in the grass from view...
But... that is easiest to say from the safety of my chair... at home... and calm and able to see this as
"someone else's" mistake...
But, at least she did not panic and really get herself hurt...
Dark_Lizerd wrote:But, at least she did not panic and really get herself hurt...
Or was that the plan?
Get stuck, camera battery runs down, scream for help, by fortunate happenstance, friend comes to the rescue... and the whole shebang ends up in the local paper...
Wouldn't any "normal" person want to bury this entire incident? Instead of spilling the beans to the media?
Art student...
Jenny.
Helplessness is a doorway to the innermost reaches of the soul.
If my corset isn't tight, it just isn't right!
Kink is the spice of life!
Come to the Dark Side - we have cookies!
I agree completely. Art student is going through major strenuous ordeal to get a bit of footage, but doesn't make sure her camera battery is charged? (What camera battery lasts 11 minutes anymore!) In these days when a decent viral video can easily net you $10K -- and far more for a widely viral video -- you can trust anything to be what it appears. Witness: http://mashable.com/2015/06/01/spider-ear-fake/
Pretty low quality video for an art project in my opinion, but maybe that's part of the "ART", to make it kind of fuzzy low resolution.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
bounddosster wrote:I don't know, artists, if their not cutting bits of their ears off or pickling half a cow their hanging naked upside from trees.
and they still can't make a bed.
My, aren't you grumpy this morning? A big load in your nappy?
Jenny.
Helplessness is a doorway to the innermost reaches of the soul.
If my corset isn't tight, it just isn't right!
Kink is the spice of life!
Come to the Dark Side - we have cookies!
Everyone has the potential for being a dumbass. A huge one at that. It's just a question of experience, common sense and hormones.
Hormones tend to make the first two parts of the equation a lot smaller. Experience is forgotten and common sense flies out the window (with the only keys to the locks).
As for making beds, they sleep in what they make.
Jenny.
Helplessness is a doorway to the innermost reaches of the soul.
If my corset isn't tight, it just isn't right!
Kink is the spice of life!
Come to the Dark Side - we have cookies!
bounddosster wrote:I don't know, artists, if their not cutting bits of their ears off or pickling half a cow their hanging naked upside from trees.
and they still can't make a bed.
My, aren't you grumpy this morning? A big load in your nappy?
Jenny.
Well pardon me for making a artistically sartorial comment. Just put it down to the temperamental renaissance artist within me trying subvert the view that the use of this modern medium as a tool for creating an expressive meaningful artistic work of great feeling and depth is nothing more than utter bullshit.
Mind you if you gave most modern “artists” a bucket full of bullshit they would stick it on a plinth, give it a stupid name and call it art as well.
So call me a repel if you like but now I'm going to make my bed and build a wall out of that pile of bricks.