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March 22nd, 2019

Why This Man Has 40,000 Identical Tattoos

You won't believe the meaning behind this man's 40,000 tattoos

Meet Alfredo Meschi, a 51-year-old activist from Italy. He’s ornamented with 40,000 identical X tattoos for one inspiring reason—to illustrate the number of animals killed every second. 

Meschi explained his reasoning for this permanent body art statement to Cafébabel, sharing:

In addition to using his body as a prop for political performance, Meschi also tours the world sharing his message as an anti-speciesist activist in art galleries and museums—including posing nude in a cow mask at the Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund art gallery in Germany.

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“Vegan is the beginning and the end of vegetarian. Milk is murder.” This is the title of the challenging performance that I did as the opening event of “I wanna be your dog II” at Dortmund Kunstlerhaus. A very unique, deep and interesting exploration about Contemporary Art and Animal Liberation, curated by Barbara Koch and Marco Wittkowski. I do believe that artivism can be a powerful way to raise awareness…let’s do it!! @plantbasednews @livekindlyco @vegancommunity #iwannabeyourdogii #vegancommunity #ditchdairy #veganlove #plantbasednews #livekindlyco #antispeciesism #veganactivist #animalliberation #performanceart #artivist #artivism #veganartist #veganart #contemporaryart #projectx #alfredomeschi #alfredomschix

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