Artist keeps vigil on a bed of nails to protest frenetic culture

Bob Parks 3:55 pm Sun Mar 8, 2015

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Billy X. Curmano, from Winona, Minnesota, plans to spend 24 hours on a bed of nails (and a pillow of tacks) later in March. To prepare for the big sleep, the painter, sculptor, and performance artist pounded hundreds of nails into plywood in his workshop. (It actually looks more comfortable than a few Airbnb's I've booked.)

"It’s always a good time for a nap, Curmano believes, but our frenetic society doesn’t see it that way. That’s too bad, because it could save serious energy in the form of switched-off electronics."

"Winona artist Billy X. Curmano challenges boundaries in art, life" [Winona Daily News]

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