On April 27, 1978, artist Jeffrey Vallance (b. 1955) purchased a frozen chicken at the Ralph's Supermarket in Canoga Park, CA. He named it Blinky and purchased a full service for the chicken at the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, including casket and tombstone. He considered the event a memorial to the millions of chickens that are killed, processed, and sold each year. He published a short book--this YouTube video shows the short book's contents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuxMv7M1AeQ
Vallance has done a number of installations and performance art projects over the years, and he is especially known for Blinky. I found this interview that I originally saw on the Ovation Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZogBISO0bjY
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