A plan to try cooking a human blood pudding in the name of art has been abandoned after Scottish health inspectors were alerted.
Artists John Beagles and Graham Ramsay had planned to slice and fry black pudding made from their own blood in a "live art" demonstration Sunday afternoon, the Scotsman.com reported.
Environmental officials sent by Edinburgh City Council to the Royal Scottish Academy building ordered the exercise abandoned.
"They kicked up an incredible stink and said there is no way you can do this," said Kate Downie, president of the Society of Scottish Artists. "I think they made the assumption we would be sloshing human blood all over the place."
Downie said the episode is taking attention away from the society's annual exhibition, which also includes watercolors, paintings, contemporary film and sculpture.
The pre-cooked puddings made from two pints of the artists' blood will still be part of the show, Beagles said, adding that he and Ramsey will show a film detailing the process.
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