Archive for the ‘Art Censorship’ Category
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
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With so much of my time devoted to filtering, I haven't had much of a chance to post about all the other stuff going on. Here's a wrap up:
Art exhibitions: At a SCAG meeting today in Brisbane, NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos asked censorship ministers ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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There's a trend amongst those calling for Bill Henson's blood to link the artist's photography to a slew of other unrelated issues in hope of validating their argument. Be it rape, raunchy t-shirts and music, or in Fred Nile's case, 'Homosexual Mardi Gras.'
“I congratulate his ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
You'll be pleased to know the media is shying away from sensible debate over the Henson case. Helen Brien writes in SMH Heckler this morning:
Here we go again. Bill Bloody Henson and his "art". I am damn sick of it and I am damn sick of the people who will ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
He's been labeled an apologist and cheerleader for Bill Henson, but it's fair to say David Marr's insight into Australia's most recent underage art saga doesn't come close to being matched by any other journalist in this country. Marr's access to Henson and the families involved puts him in a ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Turns out David Marr's The Henson Case was released today, not November. Early days, but here's some reviews/opinions:
Peter Craven- The Age
'The Henson Case does not, for instance, constitute a savage and explicit denunciation of the anti-pedophile campaigner Hetty Johnston, who thinks that to take a photo of a young girl ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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David Marr is touring the east coast of Aus to discuss the Bill Henson controversy and his new book The Henson Case. He'll be in Brisbane on Wednesday the 8th of October, in Melbourne Thursday the 9th of October, and Sydney ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Here I was thinking Queensland was going to be the only State to flex its censorship muscles this month, but now Victoria has entered the ring.
Curators and owners of Melbourne City Council funded galleries will need to alert the council to potentially controversial pieces ahead of schedule for approval by ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
A nude female sculpture -- in a park -- in Queensland -- Oh, the humanity!
This sculpture by artist Antone Bruinsma (also from QLD) was removed from a park on Bribie Island on Wednesday because it was 'not council's job to deliberately go out and offend people.' Yah...
Moreton Bay Regional Council ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
When Bob Bain posted to the No Censorship mailing list that SBS would be airing a debate on the Bill Henson saga, I questioned whether their was anything left to add that print media hadn't already covered. Bob reassured me that the people on the guest list could add more.
I ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
'There is no censorship worth noting in Australia.' The words of former Australia Institute Executive Director, Clive Hamilton, at last nights Art Censorship debate in Sydney (video here).
Clive must be losing his memory. Did he forget that recent case where those nasty chaps at David Jones tried to silence The ...
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