Witches of Abstraction

In 1942, the financial adviser to the royal family of Lichtenstein asked the artist Emma Kunz if she would attempt to "repolarize" Adolf Hitler from a distance. Citing excessive negative energies, she at first declined. When she later relented, the 63-centimeter metal spring Kunz used as a "transmitter" flew up and began to slash at her body, before wresting itself from her grip and flying across the room. As is often the case, art had failed to make an impact on worldly events.

Interesting article with cool art.