S/ African artist tied live rooster to his penis during public exhibition (Video)

A South African street performer who tied a live rooster to his penis in the name of “performance art” has been found guilty of sexual exhibitionism.

Steven Cohen paraded in front of the Eiffel Tower with a live rooster tied to his penis in a performance entitled ‘Coq/ Cock’ September last year.

During the jaw-dropping routine, he danced on the tourist-filled Trocadero Plaza dressed in a corset, high heels, long red gloves and an elaborate feathered headdress... with a cockerel attached to his penis by a ribbon.

Steven Cohen

Tourists - including a group of nuns - looked on in bewilderment at the spectacle which lasted only a few moments before police arrested Cohen, dragged him off.

Today a Paris court found Cohen guilty of sexual exhibitionism but did not impose a sentence. Prosecutors have asked for a €1,000 (£822) fine, Le Figaro reports. 

The Telegraph reports the rooster – named Franck – was not harmed during the performance and was chosen “because it’s the emblem of France.”

According to Cohen’s website, the artist is considering appealing.

Steven Cohen's performance lasted around ten minutes before he was apprehended by police

After the verdict, he told Citizen: “I think the victim is art. I’m not saying I’m going to, but my desire is to complete what was incorrectly halted by the authorities.”

He had earlier told the court his performance had “nothing to do with sexuality” and that no one - not even a group of passing nuns - had complained about it.

culled from Mirror news