The death band ‘Unfathomable Ruination’ participated in a unique piece of performance art created by Portuguese artist João Onofre: “This artwork consists of an object and a performance. The object is a replica of Tony Smith’s sculpture called ‘Die’; he’s a North American minimalist, and the performance that we see when the door is open, is a band, a death metal band.”

The band was locked inside soundproof metal box and played until they run out of oxygen.

They remained in the box for 20 minutes while passers-by hear the muffled thrash from inside the black box.

A passer-by said: “It’s an interesting artwork, there was something obviously inside that box that was really, really loud, but outside it’s just, kind of, a dull noise amongt lots of other dull noises.”

Another one was excited and said: “I thought it was really unique. I’ve never seen anything like that. I felt kind of bad for the band that were stuck inside a box and not being able to breathe, but it was really cool.”

As for the band, it was a rather hot and sticky experience as drummer Doug Anderson explained.

The band will be performing inside the box as part of the ‘Sculpture in the City ‘exhibition, which takes place in London throughout the summer.

source: www.euronews.com