"...Hunger artists or starvation artists were performers, common in Europe and America in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, who starved themselves for extended periods of time, for the amusement of paying audiences. The phenomenon first appeared in the 17th century and saw its heyday in the 1880s. Hunger artists were almost always male, traveled from city to city and performed widely advertised fasts of up to 40 days.[1] Several hunger artists were found to have cheated during their performances.[2]The phenomenon has been relayed to modern audiences through Franz Kafka's 1922 short story A Hunger Artist..."Ο εν λόγω Καλλιτέχνης συνεχίζει φυσικά να διαπρέπει και ως Bullshit Artist, προς μεγάλη ικανοποίηση των hardcore οπαδών του--στους οποίους θεωρώ τιμή μου να ανήκω.