Tag: 2018-12 The Censorship Project
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Censorship, Good Taste or Practicality
It is a question sometimes faced by artworks: is this a work of art or simply in bad taste, or pornographic, and without value? By cutting Trump for commercial reasons (ironically to make room for commercials), the CBC has drawn international attention. The removed 8 minutes included a 7-second scene that portrays Trump as a…
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Execution
in: Documentary
[this is the third article of three: part 1, part 2] Among the observations in the essay by Geoffrey Batchen, in Thomas Barrow’s book Cancellations, was his view that defacing of the negatives was an act violence, which resonated with my feelings about mindless censorship, further magnified by the use of an “X” (rather than…
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Rationale vs Execution of Censorship
in: Documentary[this is the second article of three: part 1, part 3] American Philosopher James Fieser cites a number of factors that inform censorship decisions. Those against censorship include: The arguments in support of censorship include: Reading Fieser’s ethics-based arguments I couldn’t help but think of Yossarian’s approach to censoring letters to home from enlisted men…
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Thought Process: Gingerbread Build, Pornography, Censorship, and Diversity
[this is the first article of three: part 2, part 3]I recently photographed the Gingerbread Build at Toronto City Hall. The purpose of the event was to both raise funds for a charity and to organize a family function congruent with the season. Among my instructions was to only photograph children with a green wristband;…