| andrew garton on Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:22:49 +0100 (CET) |
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| Re: <nettime> Censoring Porn: An Experiment in Waste |
Lisa Logan, from Experimenta (Melbourne, Australia) has asked me to post this response to Ned Rossiter's comments on the WASTE exhibition. --- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:33:23 +1100 From: Lisa Logan <[email protected]> Organization: Experimenta To: trash group <[email protected]> Subject: sexy flowers Dear Ned The issue of not exhibiting Sexy Flowers is not one of censorship. It is illegal for Experimenta to exhibit the work that was sent to us as it is x rated pornography. The work sent to us by the artist for the Waste exhibition is different from that on the website that we first viewed and more extreme. It is not legal to exhibit the work anywhere in Australia (refer to Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, Australia). I am curious to know where it would be legal to exhibit this work. I cannot imagine that it would be legal anywhere in the USA. There are some dramatic emails flying about which are missing the point of why the work could not be exhibited. I hope you understand how serious it might have been for the organisation if we had proceeded, a consideration for other arts organisations who also may not be aware of the legal ramifications of exhibiting the work, as I was not. The penalties are harsh. This is the reason Experimenta was not able to proceed with the exhibition. There was no disrespect intended toward the the artist or her work, the premise of which I respect. I would appreciate it if you would post this rejoinder to your email on the nettime list. Thank you, and thanks to Andrew Garton for bringing the post to my attention, as it was not forwarded to Experimenta. Lisa Logan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPERIMENTA MEDIA ARTS exhibits and promotes media arts that explore new aesthetic, conceptual and technological boundaries. for information about EXPERIMENTA recent and forthcoming events: www.experimenta.org Experimenta Staff Executive Producer: Fabienne Nicholas Artistic Director: Lisa Logan General Administrator: Trish Stoeckli Co-ordinator: Nag Vladermersky Address: PO Box 1102 St Kilda South Victoria, 3182 Australia Contact: ph: 61 3 9525 5025 fax: 61 3 9525 5105 email: [email protected] Experimenta Media Arts gratefully acknowledges the support of the Australian Film Commission, Cinemedia and Arts Victoria. ----- End forwarded message ----- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]