Photos: Tyler Shields
Francesca Eastwood with boyfriend photographer Tyler Shields bit, chainsawed and burned a $100K Hermes Birkin bag for the sake of art.
Caption says, “Destruction is a beautiful version of freedom. Would you want this bag? Are you sad to see me destroy it?”
Criticisms are firing Eastwood and Tyler for making such actions.
At first thought, they could just have sold the bag and donated the money to charity. It wouldn’t solve the present poverty, but it could’ve helped uplift the spirits of a lot of needy people.
On the other hand, why is it $100K in the first place? If you’ll sum up the make, the materials, labor and all, would it really cost $100K? Name and hype maybe.
Maybe these two wanted to show people that against the chainsaw and gasoline, this is just a bag that’s easily destroyed in minutes just like any other bag that could carry your keys, phone and makeups. So, if you have the money to buy it, think twice or many times.
I understand their point but still if you can own this bag, however which way you can, you’re a model or its a gift, I wouldn’t say go burn it to express what you want to say. And if you don’t want to use it, I’ll say give it to me. I’ll sell it and do so much about the money.
But that’s them. We have no control of their brains.
What can you say about this?
