Superfluities Redux
On culture and theatre, by George Hunka
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
While the Henson controversy is not explicitly a US concern, those following the story will be interested to read the open letter of support from members of the Creative Australia 2020 Summit. Its signatories include actress Cate Blanchett, musician Daryl Buckley, composer Liza Lim and many other bright lights of the Australian creative community. The Sydney Morning Herald has a story about this today, as well as a few interviews with subjects who have posed for Henson in the past.
Implicitly it's very much a US concern. See Jonathan Jones' Guardian blog post on the censorship of a photograph by American photographer Nan Goldin, as well as this Providence Journal story about photographer Sally Mann and a play based on her work and the censorship issues that continue to revolve around its exhibition. Distance and geography matter less these days, though; in this Internetted age, the local is global.
Posted at 10.09 am in /Politics
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