I’m generally a big fan of installation art pieces, particularly ones that are big enough to clamber onto or wander around in, like The Gates in New York.

When I saw this giant, hapless bunny corpse project, I thought, "hey, cool, I’ll bet the artists have even more cool stuff displayed on their site. I’ll just surf on over there and check it out."

Oh God.

OK, they’re obviously into some weird stuff. You might not want to click on some of these links if your supervisor or coworkers are loitering anywhere near your cube. You’ll be gossip-fodder for a few weeks, even if The Man doesn’t come down on you. This is stuff beyond the avant-garde, though it wasn’t until I had the misfortune to find their giant Russian piss icicle piece that things started to get disturbing. I stopped at the "human birthday cake", though less out of a sense of propriety or offended sensibilities than the sudden realization that they’re just latter-day Dadaists.

Occasionally, this sort of stuff holds my attention, but after a short while it gets kind of annoying, like when a kid is trying really hard to gross you out with the contents of his nose proudly displayed on the tip of his finger. The first time, you have that visceral reaction they’re looking for, but then it’s just like they’re trying too hard.