Tag: 2018-12 The Censorship Project
-
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…
-
Execution
[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…
-
Rationale vs Execution of Censorship
[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:…
-
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…
