Artist is taken to court and fined for allowing strangers to touch her naked breasts and privates in Trafalgar Square
Milo Moire, 37, admitted outraging public decency after new show designed to promote 'women’s rights and sexual equality'
AN artist who let strangers touch her naked breasts and privates in the middle of Trafalgar Square in London has been arrested and fined.
Milo Moire, 37, admitted outraging public decency after promoting her new show Mirror Box.
She allowed passers-by to fondle her for 30 seconds in the performance piece aimed at promoting “women’s rights and sexual equality”.
Wearing a box made of mirrors to cover either her breasts or genitals, volunteers were allowed to reach inside through an opening – after washing their hands with alcohol gel – and cop a feel.
Moire – whose real name is Susanna Pruzina – said: “I am standing here today for women’s rights and sexual self-determination.
“Women have a sexuality, just like men have one.
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“However, women decide for themselves when and how they want to be touched and when they don’t.”
But an outraged member of the public called the police after being appalled by her antics in the capital on a Sunday evening.
She was arrested and charged with outraging public decency at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, and was forced to pay a fine of £750, as well as £85 costs and £75 victim compensation.
A 55-year-old man was arrested at the same time but later released without charge.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Susanna Pruzina, 37 – an artist residing in Germany – was charged with outraging public decency.
“She appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court the same day and pleaded guilty.
“This follows an incident in Trafalgar Square on the previous evening when a member of the public complained about the behaviour of a woman in the area.”
Swiss artist Moire – who describes herself as a “conceptual artist, painter, art-amazon and psychologist” – is well-known for her provocative performance pieces.
She took to the square outside Cologne cathedral earlier this year to protest naked against the infamous sex attacks which happened there on New Year’s Eve.
Wearing only a pair of trainers, she stood holding a sign that read: “Respect us! We’re not fair game, even when we are naked.”
She told the press at the time: “As a woman I want to give an example that women shouldn’t hide away, they should lift themselves up, be self-confident and stand up for their values.”
According to her , Mirror Box – which she also performed in Amsterdam and Dusseldorf – was meant as a follow-up to the naked protest, this time focusing on the “consensual nature of sexual acts”.
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