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From BuzzFeed:

Shia LaBeouf is apparently appearing in an art exhibit called #IAMSORRY in L.A.

He is calling this a collaborative project with Finnish performance artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö, and meta-modernist Luke Turner, as Time.com first reported.

The man by the doorway in the photo above is a security guard, who waves a wand over you before you enter the building Beverly Blvd. one at a time, presumably to check for weapons.

When a guest first enters the space, a woman, who appears to be Rönkkö, invites the guest to choose from one of many “implements” on a table.

There was no photography allowed, but the implements include a leather whip, a pair of pliers, a vase of daisies, an Optimus Prime Transformer toy, a bowl of Hershey’s kisses, a bowl of folded slips of paper containing tweets about LaBeouf, a large bottle of Jack Daniels, a small bottle of Brut cologne, a pink ukulele, and the graphic novel The Death-Ray by Daniel Clowes.

The choice of Clowes’ book is especially pointed since LaBeouf’s odd behavior — which has included tweeting the phrase “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE” day after day — began after BuzzFeed broke the news that LaBeouf’s short film HowardCantour.com was a shot-for-shot copy of Clowes’ 2007 comic Justin M. Damiano.

Then the guest is invited behind a black curtain, where (presumably) LaBeouf is sitting at a table, in a tuxedo, with a paper bag over his head with the text “I am not famous anymore” written over it.

It’s similar to the bag LaBeouf wore at the Berlin Film Festival premiere of director Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac.

LaBeouf — or a man who resembles LaBeouf — sits at the table, with his hands palms down on top of it, and does not say anything, no matter what is brought into the room with him. When I asked him if he was talking at all, he barely chuckled, and appeared to smile underneath the bag. At no point did he break eye contact with me, and the paper just underneath the eye-holes of the bag were wet, as if LaBeouf had been crying. He also did not interact with what I brought in, Clowes’ book, even after I asked him to read it.

Multiple BuzzFeed staffers visited the exhibit — which is located across the street from BuzzFeed’s L.A. office — and all reported similar, and similarly weird, experiences. One staffer, however, did shake LaBeouf’s hand before leaving.

The exhibit is running from Tuesday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 16. Apparently, LaBeouf is not sorry on a Monday.

Leave it to Shia to "apologize" like this.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

 

[KingGondo]

#GOAWAY

 

[xsarien]

Is the goal of this installation to communicate that he's just like James Franco, except not to be taken nearly as seriously?

If so, bravo, sir. Bravo!

 

[DJ_Lae]

Well, I guess that's better than shoving spaghetti-Os into his vagina.

 

[glaurung]

#IAMSORRY

shia lebouf

#JUSTGOAWAY

everybody

Edit: blast and damn it to holy hell, beaten!

 

[Jokab]

Dude... just no.

 

[Cyan]

Well, I guess that's better than shoving spaghetti-Os into his vagina.

Is it though?

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

 

[Mac the KNife]

Never heard of this Shia LaBeouf guy. Funny name.

 

[Cheddahz]

....what

 

[Blader]

Is the goal of this installation to communicate that he's just like James Franco, except not to be taken nearly as seriously?

If so, bravo, sir. Bravo!

Who's taking James Franco seriously anymore?

 

[Captain Pants]

I wonder why there isn't anyone in his life telling him to stop digging the hole that he's in.

 

[royalan]

My god.

He is really doing THE MOST with this.

 

[Sephzilla]

In the end this is all going to end up being some stupid ruse to promote some stupid project he's working on. Problem is that Joaquin Phoenix already did it first.

 

[gutshot]

I just realized I spelled his name wrong in my title. #IAMSORRY

 

[SteveWinwood]

someone will throw a rock through the window

but its performance art so its okay

 

[xsarien]

Who's taking James Franco seriously anymore?

Everything's relative.

 

[Malvolio]

If he performs without the bag I'm gonna be pissed.

 

[Dyno]

If the bottle of Jack came with a couple glasses I would pour two drinks, slide one over to the Shia, drink my drink in silence, and then take my leave.

 

[ISOM]

cringeworthy

 

[TrumanBurbank]

I wonder why there isn't anyone in his life telling him to stop digging the hole that he's in.

Did anyone tell Joaquin Phoenix not to do what he did? Nope.

Because it's all a performance. Like Sacha Baron Cohen playing Bruno/Borat/Ali G.

 

[glaurung]

someone will throw a rock through the window

but its performance art so its okay

He'd probably perceive it as some manner of encouragement.

 

[Blutonium]

It’s similar to the bag LaBeouf wore at the Berlin Film Festival premiere of director Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac.

Remember this people...

Spoiler

Some good marketing by the Nymphomaniac team

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I wonder why there isn't anyone in his life telling him to stop digging the hole that he's in.

Lindsay Lohan 2.0

 

[dvdjamm]

This is right up there with Joaquin Phoenix becoming a rapper

 

[freenudemacusers]

obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfvQiX6BL_w

also, meta-modernist? I thought we all agreed to limit prefix qualifiers to pre- and post-.

 

[JohnDoe]

#PLEASEGIVEMETHEATTENTIONICRAVE

 

[Andrew.]

But no one gives a shit.

Why you do dis Sheea?

 

[doctorblurg]

just stop already jeez

 

[Phire Phox]

This just keeps getting better

 

[Pinko Marx]

Well, I guess that's better than shoving spaghetti-Os into his vagina.

Everything is shit. We live in a world defined by consumerism, but its all shit.
EH
AH
OH
EH
EH
AH
OH

 

[John Kowalski]

holy shit that is fucking awesome

what did i say, master performance artist

 

[kurbaan]

Its probably some random guy. Hopefully someone picks up this whip and has a good crack at shia.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Who is he ripping off now then?

 

[Cyan]

I just realized I spelled his name wrong in my title. #IAMSORRY

Understandable. He's not famous anymore.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

lol at the crying part

 

[aku:jiki]

I've been honestly trying to figure out the point/message of what was described up there and...I'm completely stumped. What the fuck does any of that have that to do with anything about anything?

At least Joaquin's stunt gave us an epic beard and some amusing talk show interviews for a while. That was far better than this shit.

 

[Cyan]

Because it's all a performance. Like Sacha Baron Cohen playing Bruno/Borat/Ali G.

Well sure. He wants to dive so hard into stupid performance art bullshit that people will either think the plagiarism was part of it or forget about it.

 

[Pinko Marx]

I've been honestly trying to figure out the point/message of what was described up there and...I'm completely stumped. What the fuck does any of that have that to do with anything about anything?

At least Joaquin's stunt gave us an epic beard and some amusing talk show interviews for a while. That was far better than this shit.

2d4u

 

[Pai Pai Master]

lame. what's the message here?

 

[goldenpp72]

I wish he would just retire, he was never a good actor and when he's off the rails he's even more annoying.

 

[AkuMifune]

I wish I had an outlet where I could pretend all of my life mistakes and dumbfuckery was just performance art.

Clever little shit.

This is right up there with Joaquin Phoenix becoming a rapper

Compared to this that was performance art. This is avoiding an actual apology by hiding behind one created to be art.

 

[Origami Superman]

would be hilarious if none of the public actually showed up to this.

 

[xsarien]

lol at the crying part

I'd cry too if I were responsible - albeit, partially - for the last Indiana Jones movie being so godawful.

 

[Seanspeed]

Not gonna lie. I'd pay money to go and see Shia cry in a room with a bag over his head.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Convince Keanu to make Constantine 2, Shia, and all will be forgiven

 

[adj_noun]

What a hoopla.

 

[Dash_]

One wonders what would happen if you spliced the DNA of Shia and Rob Ford together.

 

[odiin]

I don't know if anyone's noticed, but his behavior has been really strange as of late.