LaBeouf streams heartbeat in the name of art
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Shia LaBeouf has been making headlines for some pretty bizarre behaviour as of late but he’s one-upped himself by live streaming his heartbeat to anyone who wants to hear it.
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Yep, that’s correct, you can listen to a six day live stream of the eccentric actor’s heartbeat thanks to a collaboration with his artist friends Luke Turner and Nastja Rönkkö, the same guys behind his seminal I am sorry campaign.
“Like cats have whiskers, we too are born with a guidance system: our heart. It is our inner GPS, our map, and our guide. It promises to lead us down the path of maximum fulfilment,” LaBeouf said in a statement.
The stream is happening while LaBeouf is at music festival SXSW in the university party town of Austin, Texas – so you’ll know the reason for any sudden acceleration in tempo.
The project is the latest in a long line of eyebrow-raising appearances from the actor including a controversial music video with SIA, an arrest for being a public nuisance at a Broadway cabaret bar and commissioning a skywriting aeroplane to apologise to graphic novelist Daniel Clowes.
LaBeouf has been ‘pumping’ out promotion for the heartbeat project on his Twitter with some very creative punctuation art.
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— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) March 12, 2015
ⓕⓞⓛⓛⓞⓦ ⓜⓨ ⓗⓔⓐⓡⓣ — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) March 6, 2015
#FOLLOWMYHEART for the next 6 days follow the beat of my heart live at http://t.co/Z4CIZeFAc1 @sxsw @DazedMagazine pic.twitter.com/jgv4SpCDbJ
— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) March 14, 2015