Millie Brown plans to survive only on water for seven days

May 15, 2014 16:39 GMT  ·  By

Eccentric performance artist Millie Brown, who previously made headlines for having puked on Lady Gaga on stage, has taken on a new artistic challenge – surviving on nothing but water for 168 hours.

As part of her new artistic project, titled Wilting Point, Millie isolated herself from the outside world and plans to spend seven consecutive days enclosed in the Hatbox, a gallery space at the Refinery Hotel in New York, surrounded by a carpet of freshly cut flowers.

According to the 27-year-old artist cited by Daily Mail, the purpose of this new artistic endeavor is to move away from all distractions of daily life and immerse herself in a meditative state to “enable herself to explore the depths the mind can reach, once physical comforts and limitations have been removed.”

Millie’s challenge began on Friday, as a part of NYC’s Frieze Art Week. Art fans can follow her performance live from the sidewalk through the window of Refinery Hotel's Hatbox, or online via vmagazine.com, where it‘s being live-streamed 24 hours a day.

When asked about the inspiration behind this bold and unusual performance, Brown said, “I always strive to push through my own physical and mental barriers. I think it’s important to experience everything you can, on every end of the spectrum.”

“I wanted to create a performance that embodied the transience of life,” the artist added. “'I wanted to eliminate all the distractions from my daily reality in order to focus on the impermanence and fragile beauty of our existence.”

Millie is better known for her “vomit art,” which sees her drink colored soy milk in a selection of tones and regurgitate it onto a white canvas or even her own dress. She began creating this type of art in 2005 and shot to fame as the girl who puked on the dress of pop singer, Lady Gaga, during a live performance and in her music video “Exorcist Interlude.”

Her art was met with mixed reactions from the public, as many people strongly disagreed with her vomiting on canvas. They associated her actions with bulimia and said her art could negatively influence some fans, who sometimes mimic things they see their idols do.

“I'm using my body to create something beautiful,” the artist tried to defend her acts. “I think it's misunderstood by a lot of people. But it really doesn't have anything to do with eating disorders. If I was male, [no one would make] such a massive association.”