Oleg Mavromatti is a Russian artist who is conducting a live art experiment that is literally shocking. Oleg Mavromatti is currently collecting votes on his website that decide whether or not he will be electrocuted.
Oleg Mavromatti has strapped himself to an electric chair and will live-stream all of his shocks. Every 100 votes gives the artist one shock. The artist gives a seemingly reasonable explanation for why he is leaving his health and possibly even his life in the hands of the Internet in the attached video.
Electric Execution Art
Oleg Mavromatti Puts his Life in the Hands of the Internet
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