Comments on: a tale of two obscenity trial outcomes

By: Agile Cyborg

Agile Cyborg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:34:12 +0000

Mary Beth Buchanan is swine cunt.

Hunt me down, you feminist bitch.

By: phantomofpulp

phantomofpulp — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:09 +0000

The implications of the Extreme Associates decision is terrifying.

Whether these folks produced art, pornography, or a hybrid of both is irrelevant. The fact that their work was legally produced with consenting performers should have nullified any charges.

It’s sad that there are no rules in place anymore to protect free expression.

Expression should not be a negotiable commodity used by lawyers and DA’s to further their careers.

Any country that allows such legal outrages is a sham.

By: bswise

bswise — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:56:18 +0000

Fascinating case studies.

Meanwhile, in France, curators Marie-Laure Bernadac, Henry-Claude Cousseau, and Stéphanie Moisdon will face trial over artworks exhibited in their year 2000 exhibit “Présumées Innocents, l’art contemporain et l’enfance (Presumed Innocent: Contemporary Art and Childhood),” at the Centre d’Art Plastique Contemporain in Bordeaux, for which they were indicted in 2006. Even though it has been a year since a drawn-out, six-year investigation concluded that no crime had been committed, a zealous judge has decided to press charges against them anyway, for purportedly disseminating “pornographic images of minors” as well as “violent, pornographic or degrading messages likely to be seen by a minor.”

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:52:05 +0000

Wow…as an art student, I find this incredibly scary.

By: DJTennessee

DJTennessee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:23:48 +0000

Seeing the term "horror porn" reminds me that the InSex documentary is playing at the Yerba Buena on July 16. I recognize a couple of the scenes in the trailer from files on my own hard drive. Hilariously, this screening is sponsored by the SF Weekly!

By: casualencounters.com/blog

casualencounters.com/blog — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:11:05 +0000

Maybe you can negatively define things, or at least establish their boundaries through elimination. I mean does anyone really want to stick their hands up and claim that Zicari’s video is art, or that it represents “high culture”?