Bomb threat = Art?

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This occurance recently of Icelandic Art Student getting arrested for what he considered to be art poses an interesting predicament for the ideas of Silverstone's "Play". As the student wanted to transcend the boundaries of law and safety, his labelling of the sculpture and event as Art was another way of engaging in "Play". Just like the child who lashes out and quickly squeals "I'm just playing", this artist may also be under scrutiny for acting the same way. His lack of knowledge of the AIDS event shows his childish play-like attitude towards the sculpture. As anyone who would take this creation seriously would've researched and presented something to which no obvious flaws would be possible. The serious artist would be as meticulous as someone who was actually going to bomb the ROM though. Maybe that is where the distinction lies? Maybe he is lack of meticulous behaviour shows that he is in fact just testing the boundaries and going outside of his own reality.

What also interests me about this article is the fact that it shows the power of the media. While the court stated that none of the evidence be presented to the public, which basically means that his artwork will never see the light of day, the true piece of art is the event and with the media coverage of this event his piece of art has actually been shown to the public. This type of art transcends all types of tired mediums, although similar types of art have been covered in the past. I think it would be quite clever for the Art Student to step back, write a manifesto or abstract of the piece, and declare that his work is done. The event, which he created, has been presented, and to claim every step of both his and their court's actions to be pre-meditated would certainly makes this piece even larger in scale. The media would then make it an even bigger story, and who is to say that the Artist wouldn't claim that as part of his plot as well?