We've all had embarrassing moments of clumsiness. Humiliating events so cringe-inducing that we remember them for the rest of our lives.
But some people's clumsiness has much bigger consequences than others.
Like this woman who decided to snap a selfie near $200,000 worth of art.
According to reports, the art installation took around six years to put together and included collaborations with 16 interdisciplinary artists from around the globe.
He wrote: This took place at my mate Simon Birch's art installation in Los Angeles.
'She accidentally leaned on it and the rest is history... $200,000 worth of art destroyed!'
“Oh, the selfies you’ll make at L.A.’s 14th Factory, where the art is so social. Our Instagram tour.” That headline turned out to be all too prophetic when the disastrous destruction of all that art occurred two weeks ago. Thankfully, footage of the incident was uploaded to YouTube today and started making the rounds.
"In entering The 14th Factory, the visitor is transformed into a central player in a collaboratively fabricated adventure and the motion picture that engages and unfolds."
Perhaps, in this case, the visitor was a little bit too much of a central player.
She was most likely trying to frame herself against one of the modernist reimagined crowns for a better shot. Or maybe she read this review from the L.A. Times, which boldly predicted the inclination towards selfie-taking in the social-media-oriented show.
Show tickets are around $18 generally, although they'll need quite a few new visitors to recoup that $200,000 cost.
