Guts in sofas

A pair of sofas from Cao Hui's "Visual Temperature" series hint at a kind of biological secret life of soft furnishings.

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I thought they smelled bad… on the outside…
http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant-Gallon/dp/B005MR3IVO/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1329969578&sr=1-1 K. Kebabyoghurt

Is my green leather armchair made from little green men…? …or little green cows.
I think i figured out why aliens experiment on cows, to save their own skins…
Felton / Moderator

Well, that explains the screaming every time I spill coffee on my sofa.
GawainLavers

I confess I have a bit of a problem with the naming of Sofa and Sofa No. 2. Sofa No. 3 is fine!

They’re fun nonetheless.
Halloween_Jack

There are a number of pretty sexy possibilities that I can imagine based on the concept of furniture made of flesh. These are not them.
http://marjaerwin.livejournal.com/ Marja Erwin

What do they eat? Are these herbivorous or carnivorous sofas? I’m not sure I’d like to sit in a living animal sofa, but I’d probably be eaten by a living carnivorous animal one.
- Halloween_Jack
  
  They eat loose change and Doritos crumbs. (Hint: don’t put your hand between the cushions if you want it back.)
Blue Ninja

Teddy bears with human teeth, catfish wolfing down pigeons, and now this! WTF Boing Boing? This has to be one of the creepiest bunch of posts in a day, and it’s not even 5pm.
- Quiche de Resistance
  
  Agreed. Unicorn loveseat chaser please
Robert Cruickshank

You just ruined Peewee’s Playhouse. Thanks.
- SomeGuyNamedMark
  
  Well what did you think was inside Cherry?
- http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
  
  Or maybe this is what would have happened if Horace Slughorn happened to be taking a nap when Harry and Dumbledore arrived.
Lobster

Reminds me of Silent Hill.
- Felton / Moderator
  
  These were picked up at the Silent Hill Unclaimed Furniture Mart.
SomeGuyNamedMark

From the Jeffrey Dahmer collection
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md98igSpmS1qcqtduo1_500.gif wetitnpetit

These chairs are like hot dogs in that I’d be a lot more comfortable not knowing what’s inside.
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Twice now I’ve gotten rid of couches “Sopranos style” by cutting them up into small enough chunks to bag and toss (actually just getting rid of the soft parts so I could repurpose metal and wood.)

Now I’m going to have nightmares of cutting into those old couches again and spilling viscera.
Gabriel Meister

Death to Videodrome! Long live the New Flesh!
http://www.facebook.com/lester.nelson Lester Nelson

Is it just me, or are neither of these sofas? Have I misunderstood the meaning of sofa all my life? These look like armchairs to me.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Sofa #3 is actually a sofa, but other than that, you’re right.
oasisob1

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Looks derivative of the amazing Brazilian artist ADRIANA VA REJÃO’s work.
samples:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BRzIGVmKr8Q/SuTNpJGHSCI/AAAAAAAAAHU/p8r398oCWME/s400/carne.jpg
and
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&tbo=d&rls=en&biw=1440&bih=729&tbm=isch&tbnid=0Y4-gWyEhUQHzM:&imgrefurl=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/varejao-green-tilework-in-live-flesh-l02325&docid=d-K2vxbbycYfQM&imgurl=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/L/L02/L02325_10.jpg&w=1536&h=1223&ei=-dHFUKSyF-nq0QHf9ICgBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=347&vpy=40&dur=16&hovh=200&hovw=252&tx=134&ty=88&sig=107718858906559338583&page=2&tbnh=137&tbnw=159&start=32&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:34,s:0,i:195
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The first one is a throne for Lady Gaga.
jennybean42

Chairdogs!
- http://marjaerwin.livejournal.com/ Marja Erwin
  
  Every time chairdogs come up, I feel deeply disgusted.
  
  One of my first memories, from when I was a baby, is of the time my parents had taken me to one of their friend’s houses. They had a big dog. And the dog walked right up to me, turned around, and unloaded an enormous turd right in front of me. I think it was bigger than my head. I have been uneasy around dogs every since.
  
  At least they didn’t attack me.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    I had a phobia of Saint Bernards when I was a child. Everyone thought that it was really weird. Then Cujo came out, and suddenly I was avant garde.